People - Faculty

Name

Field of Interest

Adam Warren

Department Chair
Professor
Williams Family Endowed Professor in History

Office Hours: Contact to arrange an appointment.

SMI 308C

Disability, Empire and Colonialism, Ethics, Health, History of Science, Indigenous, Latin America, Medicine, Slavery, South America

Dianne Harris

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of History

Jordanna Bailkin

Professor
Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History

bailkin@uw.edu / (206) 543-7342

SMI 218D

Africa, Comparative Colonialisms, Comparative Gender, Empire and Colonialism, Modern Britain, Modern Europe, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, South Asia

Arbella Bet-Shlimon

Associate Professor

shlimon@uw.edu

Office Hours: On Zoom by appointment (current students: check course website for drop-in hours)

20th Century, Comparative Colonialisms, Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, Middle East, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Urban History

Christopher Bonura

Visiting Assistant Professor
Costigan Distinguished Lecturer

bonura@uw.edu

Apocalypticism, Byzantine, Classics, Eschatology, Globalism, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, Near East, Religion

Elena I. Campbell

Associate Professor

eicampb@uw.edu / (206) 543-6924

SMI 208A

19th-early 20th centuries, Circumpolar North, Empire and Colonialism, Imperial Russia, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity

Ross Coen

Lecturer Part-time

rcoen@uw.edu

American Political History, Environment, Global Environmental History, North American West, Political History, Science and Technology, United States

Bianca Dang

Assistant Professor
Donald W. Logan Family Endowed Chair of American History

bd53@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm in SMI204D and by appointment

SMI 204D

19th Century, African American, Atlantic World, Caribbean, Comparative Gender, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Slavery, Social Movements, United States

Purnima Dhavan

Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Giovanni and Amne Costigan Endowed Professor in History

pdhavan@uw.edu / (206) 616-5298

Office Hours: Winter 2025: 10:30-11:30 am and also by appointment

SMI 316A

Comparative Gender, Environmental History, Islamic Studies, Literature, Science and Technology, South Asia

Madeleine Yue Dong

Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

yuedong@uw.edu / (206) 543-4999

Office Hours: Contact JSIS

THO 203C

China, Comparative Gender, Empire and Colonialism, Historiography, Modern China, Urban History

James Felak

Professor
Newman Center Professor in Catholic Christianity

felak@uw.edu / (206) 543-4797

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 112B

Eastern Europe, Modern Europe

Vanessa Freije

Associate Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

vfreije@uw.edu

20th Century, Culture, Latin America, media studies, Mexico

Christoph Giebel

Associate Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

giebel@uw.edu / (206)-543-6885

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

THO 320

Empire and Colonialism, Historiography, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Southeast Asia

Susan A. Glenn

Professor
Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies

glenns@uw.edu / (206) 543-9429

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 218B

20th Century, Comparative Gender, Culture, Jewish Studies, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Social History, Transatlantic, United States, Violence and Trauma

James Gregory

Professor

gregoryj@uw.edu / (206) 543-7792

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 312B

20th Century, African American, Labor, Nationalism, North American West, Political History, Race and Ethnicity, United States

Kyle Haddad-Fonda

Lecturer Part-Time

kqhf@uw.edu

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

Middle East, Modern China

Liora Halperin

Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

lhalper@uw.edu

THO 316

19th Century, 20th Century, Culture, Gender, Jewish Studies, Language, Middle East, Modern Europe, Nationalism, Social History

Bruce Hevly

Associate Professor

bhevly@uw.edu / (206) 543-9417

Office Hours: Please contact by email to set up an appointment.

SMI 302

Historiography, History of Science, Labor, Medicine, Modern Europe, Science and Technology, United States

Raymond Jonas

Professor
Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History

jonas@uw.edu / (206) 543-5790

Office Hours: Please contact via email to arrange appointment.

SMI 210

Africa, Architecture, Art History, Borderlands, Digital Humanities, Empire and Colonialism, Ethiopia, France, Globalism, Mexico, Modern Europe, Political History, Urban History, War and Terror

Hajin Jun

Assistant Professor
James B. Palais Professor of Korean History
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

hjun@uw.edu / (206) 543-4854

Office Hours: Please contact to set up a virtual appointment.

THO 421

20th Century, East Asia, Empire and Colonialism, Globalism, Korea, Religion, Social History

Moon-Ho Jung

Professor
Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies

mhjung@uw.edu / (206) 543-2798

Office Hours: Please email <mhjung@uw.edu> to schedule an appointment.

SMI 112A

Asian American, Empire and Colonialism, Labor, Nationalism, Political History, Race and Ethnicity, United States

Mark Letteney

Assistant Professor
Carol Thomas Endowed Professor of Ancient History

letteney@uw.edu / (206) 543–9418

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2:30–3:30

SMI 116B

Ancient World, Archaeology, Classics, Digital Humanities, Early Christianity, History of Incarceration, Law, Material Culture, Religion

Laurie Marhoefer

Professor

marl@uw.edu

Office Hours: email for an appt

20th C Germany, Empire and Colonialism, fascism, Gender, Medicine, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Sexuality, Transgender Studies

Debbie McNally

Lecturer Part-Time

dcm9@uw.edu / (206) 543-0729

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 104C

19th Century, African American, Early America, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Slavery, Social History, United States, Women

Mark Metzler

Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

mmetzler@uw.edu / (206) 221-5509

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

THO 436

East Asia, Economics, Globalism, Japan

Matthew W. Mosca

Associate Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies
Dau-lin Hsu Endowed Professor

mosca@uw.edu

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 103E

China, Empire and Colonialism, Historiography, Inner Asia, Late Imperial China

Devin E. Naar

Associate Professor
Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies
Sephardic Studies Program Chair
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

denaar@uw.edu / (206) 616-6202

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

THO 322

Empire and Colonialism, Globalism, Greece, Jewish Studies, Modern Europe, Modern Jewish History, Nationalism, Ottoman Empire, Race and Ethnicity, Sephardic Studies, Transnational Histories

Margaret O'Mara

Professor
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Chair of American History

momara@uw.edu / (206) 685-2928

Office Hours: Email for appointment

SMI 312A

20th Century, Capitalism, Labor, North American West, Political History, Science and Technology, United States, Urban History

Vicente L. Rafael

Professor
Colonel Donald W. Wiethuechter USA Ret. Endowed Faculty Fellow in Military History

vrafael@uw.edu / (206) 543-5699

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 116A

Asian American, Comparative Colonialisms, Empire and Colonialism, Historiography, Nationalism, Philippine and Filipino American, Race and Ethnicity, Southeast Asia, United States

Aditya Ramesh

Assistant Professor

ar90@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tue 14:00-15:00 & Wed 11:30-12:30

Smith 104B

Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, Globalism, Health, Historiography, History of Science, Science and Technology, South Asia, Urban History

Joshua L. Reid

Associate Professor
Director, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
John Calhoun Smith Memorial Endowed Professor

jlreid@uw.edu / (206) 616-3661

Office Hours: WIN 26: TTh (1:15-2:45) & by appointment

SMI 203D

19th Century, American Indian/Native American, Borderlands, Comparative Colonialisms, Indigenous, Maritime History, North American West, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Worlds, U.S. Environmental, United States

Nathan E. Roberts

Lecturer Part-Time

ner3@uw.edu / (206) 543-0729

Office Hours: Contact to set up an appointment.

American Indian/Native American, Culture, Empire and Colonialism, Environmental History, Military History, North American West, Pacific Northwest

Ileana Rodriguez-Silva

Associate Professor
Roseman Endowed Professor in History

imrodrig@uw.edu / (206) 543-6081

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 204C

Atlantic World, Caribbean, Comparative Gender, Empire and Colonialism, Labor, Latin America, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Slavery

Benjamin Schmidt

Professor
Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History

schmidtb@uw.edu / (206) 543-2373

Office Hours: Please contact to set up a virtual appointment.

SMI 108

Atlantic World, Comparative Colonialisms, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Globalism, Empire and Colonialism, Globalism, History of Science, Material Culture, Museum Studies/Museology

Stephanie Smallwood

Associate Professor
Dio Richardson Endowed Professor
Joint Appointment: Department of Comparative History of Ideas

ses9@uw.edu / (206) 543-2016

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 104A

Africa, Atlantic World, Empire and Colonialism, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Slavery, United States

Lynn M. Thomas

Professor
Giovanni and Amne Costigan Endowed Professor in History
Director, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities

lynnmt@uw.edu / (206) 543-4499

Office Hours: By appointment; contact via email at lynnmt@uw.edu

SMI 212B

Africa, Comparative Colonialisms, Comparative Gender, Empire and Colonialism, Gender, Historiography, Medicine, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology, Women

Christopher Tounsel

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Director, African Studies Program
Walker Family Endowed Professor in History

ctounsel@uw.edu

Smith 212A

Africa, African American, Comparative Colonialisms, Middle East, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Religion

Charity Urbanski

Teaching Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Hanauer Endowed Fellow in History

urbanski@uw.edu / (206) 616-5378

Office Hours: Winter 2026 M/W 11-12 (in person) or by appointment

SMI 106

Comparative Gender, Gender and Power, Historiography, Medieval Europe, Medieval France and England, Teratology

Joel Thomas Walker

Associate Professor

jwalker@uw.edu / 206-890-0241

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 206B

Ancient World, Byzantine, Central Asia, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Middle East

Travis Wright

Assistant Professor

wrighttr@uw.edu / (206) 543-5745

Office Hours: By appointment

SMI 103F

20th Century, African American, Civil Rights Movement, Culture, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Social Movements, United States, Urban History

Anand Yang

Professor

aay@uw.edu / (206) 543-4902

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 316C

Comparative Colonialisms, Modern Asia, South Asia, World History

Glennys Young

Professor
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies
Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Professor in History

glennys@uw.edu / (206) 685-8192

Office Hours: Please contact to set up an appointment.

SMI 218C

Central Asia, Communism, Historiography, Labor, Modern Europe, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Russia, Soviet Union, Spain

Yifan Zheng

Assistant Professor

yifanzhg@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wed 2-3:20 PM and by appointment

Smith Hall 204B

Archaeology, China, Empire and Governance, Historical Geography, Law, Local Society, Material Culture, Social and Institutional History

Emeriti Faculty

Frank Conlon

Professor Emeritus

conlon@uw.edu

South Asia

Patricia Ebrey

Professor Emeritus

ebrey@uw.edu

Office Hours: Contact by email to set up online meeting.

China, Early Imperial China, Song Dynasty

Arther Ferrill

Professor Emeritus

ferrill@uw.edu

Ancient World, Military History

John M. Findlay

Professor Emeritus

jfindlay@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment.

SMI 108B

American, North American West, Pacific Northwest

Wilton Fowler

Professor Emeritus

willfowl@uw.edu

History, United States, United States Diplomatic History

Carlos Gil

Professor Emeritus

gil@uw.edu

Caribbean, Latin America, Latino/a Studies, Latino/Mexican American History, United States

R. Kent Guy

Professor Emeritus

qing@uw.edu

China, Empire and Colonialism

Thomas Hankins

Professor Emeritus

hankins@uw.edu

History of Science, Medicine, Science and Technology

Alexandra J. Harmon

Professor Emeritus

aharmon@uw.edu

American Indian/Native American, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity

Richard Johnson

Professor Emeritus

rrj@uw.edu

Atlantic World, Constitutional History, United States

Sandra Joshel

Professor Emeritus

sjoshel@uw.edu

Ancient World

Fred Levy

Professor Emeritus

flevy@uw.edu

Early Modern Europe, Tudor-Stuart England

Hwasook Nam

Associate Professor Emeritus
Joint Appointment: Jackson School of International Studies

hsnam@uw.edu

East Asia, Empire and Colonialism, Gender, History, Korea, Labor, Modern Korea, Nationalism, Postcolonial, Social Movements, Women

Mary O'Neil

Associate Professor Emeritus

oneilmr@uw.edu

Early Modern Europe, Italian Renaissance, Reformation

Kenneth Pyle

Professor Emeritus

kbp@uw.edu

Foreign Relations, Japan, Modern Japan

Laurie Sears

Professor Emeritus

lsears@uw.edu

Indonesia, Psychoanalysis and Colonialism, Southeast Asia

Robert Stacey

Professor Emeritus

bstacey@uw.edu

Jewish Studies, Medieval Europe

Robin Chapman Stacey

Professor Emeritus

rcstacey@uw.edu

Celtic History, Early Modern Europe, Gender, Medieval Europe

Quintard Taylor

Professor Emeritus
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History

qtaylor@uw.edu

African American, Nationalism, North American West, Race and Ethnicity, United States, Urban History

Carol Thomas

Professor Emeritus

carolt@uw.edu

Ancient World, Empire and Colonialism, Historiography, Modern Europe

John Toews

Professor Emeritus

toews@uw.edu

Comparative Gender, European Intellectual and Cultural History, Historiography, Labor, Modern Europe, Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity

Daniel Waugh

Professor Emeritus

dwaugh@uw.edu

Archaeology of Eurasia, Central Asia, Early Imperial Russia, Early Modern Europe, Medieval Russia, Middle East, Mongol Empire, Pre-modern Eurasian exchange, Russia

Adjunct/Affiliate Faculty

People - Adjuncts & Affiliates
Name	Title	Email/Phone
Adams Moon, Penelope	Affiliate Associate Professor	penmoon@uw.edu
Berger, Dan	Adjunct Professor	daberger@uw.edu
Bessner, Daniel	Adjunct Associate Professor	dbessner@uw.edu
Eagles, Lane	Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor	lmeagles@uw.edu
Hedden, Andrew	Affiliate Lecturer, Associate Director, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies	heddena@uw.edu (206) 543-7946
Johnson, Eric W.	Digital History Specialist, Affiliate Assistant Professor	ejred@uw.edu 206-616-9169
Lange, Tyler	Affiliate Professor	langet2@uw.edu (206)543-1633
Levine, Philippa	Affiliate Professor	plevine@uw.edu
Lin , James	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jyslin@uw.edu
Noegel, Scott B.	Adjunct Professor	snoegel@uw.edu
Novetzke, Christian	Adjunct Professor	novetzke@uw.edu
Pianko, Noam	Adjunct Professor	npianko@uw.edu
Turnovsky, Geoffrey	Adjunct Associate Professor	gt2@uw.edu
Woody, Andrea J.	Adjunct Professor	awoody@uw.edu