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About Department of History Faculty and Staff
Wright State's Department of History is one of the largest history departments in Ohio's public university system. Our faculty members specialize in eras from the Middle Ages to the present and in regions throughout the world, including the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. We teach a range of classes on topics including the Renaissance, U.S. women’s history, European warfare, colonial Africa, and imperial Russia. Courses in the history of the classical period are offered through the Department of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics. Advanced undergraduates have the option of working independently with faculty members on an independent study course or a senior honors thesis.
Within the university, we contribute to a variety of programs, including the Wright State Core, the regional studies program, African and African-American studies, social science education, and women’s studies.
We also actively engage a wide range of scholarly pursuits. We write books and articles on topics such as the Revolutionary War, the cultural significance of beards, gender, the intersection of technology and diplomacy, the international drug trade, labor in colonial Kenya, and religion, to name just a few. We also participate in professional associations and conferences. Within our faculty are current and past officers of the Ohio Academy of History, the Midwest Conference on British Studies, and the National Collegiate Honors Council.
Chair
Jonathan R. Winkler, Ph.D.
Department:
History
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Professor and Chair
Address:
Millett Hall 370, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Staff
Melodee Caudill
Department:
History
Title:
Department Support Supervisor History
Address:
Millett Hall 370, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Faculty
Susan B. Carrafiello, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Associate Professor and Director, University Honors Program
Address:
Millett Hall 235, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Arvind Elangovan, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Associate Professor
Address:
Millett Hall 370, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Nancy G. Garner, Ph.D
Department:
History
Title:
Associate Professor, History
Address:
Millett Hall 345, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Awad Halabi, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Associate Professor
Address:
Millett Hall 364, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Paul D. Lockhart, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor
Address:
Millett Hall 353, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Noeleen McIlvenna, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor, History
Address:
Millett Hall 351, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Opolot Okia, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor
Address:
Millett Hall 360, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Christopher R. Oldstone-Moore, Ph.D
Department:
History
Title:
Senior Lecturer Assistant to the Chair for Graduate Studies
Address:
Millett Hall 368, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Sean M. Pollock, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor of History
Address:
Millett Hall 362, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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John W. Sherman, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor of History College of Liberal Arts
Address:
Millett Hall 349, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Drew Swanson, Ph.D.
Department:
History
Title:
Professor
Address:
Millett Hall 362, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Adjunct Faculty
Toni Vanden Bos
Department:
Special Collections and Archives
Title:
Archivist, Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries
Address:
P L Dunbar Library 401, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Chris Wydman
Department:
Special Collections and Archives
Title:
Archivist and Records Manager University Libraries
Address:
P L Dunbar Library 401, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
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Emeritus Faculty
- Martin Arbagi, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus (2004). Ph.D. Rutgers: State University of New Jersey, 1961.
- Carl Becker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (1993). Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1971.
- Charles Berry, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (1993). Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, 1967.
- Jacob Dorn, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (2012). Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1965.
- Barbara Green, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emerita (2013). Ph.D. University of Missouri - Columbia, 1980.
- Edward Haas, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (2014). Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 1972.
- Paul McStallworth, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (1993). Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1954.
- H. Edward Melton, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus (2007). Ph.D. Columbia University, 1984.
- Paul Merriam, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus (1988). Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1971.
- Allan Spetter, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (2004). Ph.D. Rutgers: State University of New Jersey, 1967.
- Roy L. Vice, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus (2021). Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1984.
- Harvey Wachtell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Emeritus (2005). Ph.D. University of Missouri - Columbia, 1971.
- Tsing Yuan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (1999). Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1969.
