Department of History


Full-time Faculty


Aso, Michitake, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor
20th Century Southeast Asia, Global Environment, Medicine and Health
Office: SS 060P - Phone: 442-5441
maso@albany.edu

Ballard, Allen, Ph.D., Visiting Professor               
African-American, Local & Regional, Modern Russian Politics     
Office: SS 060K - Phone: 442-5300
aballard@albany.edu

Barker-Benfield, G.J, Ph.D., Professor
American, Social & Cultural history, Gender in U.S. & Britain      
Office: SS 145E - Phone: 442-5300
gbarker-benfield@albany.edu
On Leave Fall 2012

Berger, Iris, Ph.D., Collins Fellow & Vincent  O’Leary Professor                                    
Africa, Comparative, Women’s, Labor and Working-class history
Office: SS 060H - Phone: 442-5300
iberger@albany.edu

Bernard, Sheila Curran, M.F.A., Assistant Professor                                        
Nonfiction media storytelling, Historical media, American topics
Office: SS 060D - Phone: 442-5300
sbernard@albany.edu

Bon Tempo, Carl, Ph.D., Associate Professor
20th Century U.S., Politics, Public Policy, Foreign Policy                                                    
Office: SS 109B - Phone: 442-5368
cbontempo@albany.edu

Chandler, Jeannine, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor                        
China and Asian History
Office: SS 060B - Phone: 442-5300
chan1023@earthinlink.net

Fogarty, Richard, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Modern Europe, Modern France, European Imperialism, War and society
Office: SS 060C - Phone: 442-5344
rfogarty@albany.edu

Gauss, Susan, Ph.D.,Associate Professor        & Graduate Director               
Latin America, Social and Political, Gender and labor, Political Economy
Office: SS 060F - Phone: 442-5345
sgauss@albany.edu

Graves, Kori,  Ph. D., Assistant Professor
20th Century U.S. History, Gender and Women’s history, Marriage and Family/adoption history and Foreign Relations
Office: SS 060L - Phone: 442-5292
kgraves@albany.edu

Hamm, Richard F., Ph.D., Professor & Chair                 
19th & 20th Century American legal, Public Policy, Media 
Office: SS 145C - Phone: 442-5305
rhamm@albany.edu

Hochfelder, David, Ph.D., Assistant Professor                        
19th Century U.S., Public History of technology, Business History
Office:  SS 119C - Phone: 442-5348
dhochfelder@albany.edu

Irwin, Ryan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
United Stated and the World history, with an emphasis on African and Asian decolonization; International history in the 20th century; political history; social movements
Office: SS 060N -Phone: 442-5379
rirwin@albany.edu
(Effective Spring 2013)

Kim, Monica, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
(On leave Fall 2012 and Spring 2013)
U.S and global race relations, modern East Asian, Asian American, and international legal history
Office: SS 060J

Kim, Sung Bok, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor                               
America to 1800, Social history, New York, Revolutions 
Office: SS 145H - Phone: 442-5352
sbkim@albany.edu

Kizenko, Nadieszda, Ph.D., Associate Professor                       
Russian history, Cultural history, Religion in History
Office: SS 145F - Phone: 442-5300
nkizenko@albany.edu

Krosby, H. Peter, Ph. D., Professor                                           
European Diplomatic Since 1871, World War II
Office: SS 145G - Phone: 442-5300
hkrosby@albany.edu

Monfasani, John, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor                           
Early Modern European Intellectual & Cultural, Byzantine            
Office: SS 060G - Phone: 442-5360
jmonfasani@albany.edu

Nold, Patrick, D. Phil. Associate Professor                                       
Medieval Europe, Intellectual and Cultural, history,manuscript sources                
Office: SS 145J - Phone: 442-5434
pnold@albany.edu

Roberts, Warren, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching  & Vincent O’Leary Professor                          
French Revolution, European cultural, Literature, art, Music                                        
Office: SS 060M - Phone: 442-5300
wroberts@albany.edu

Smith-Howard ,Kendra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor                       
20th Century U.S. , Environmental History, Agricultural/Rural history
Office: SS 060Q - Phone: 442-5375
ksmith-howard@albany.edu

Steen, Ivan, Ph.D., Vincent O’Leary Associate Professor
U.S. Urban, Oral and Public History 
Office: SS 119B - Phone: 442-5372
isteen@albany.edu

Trachtenberg, Barry, Ph.D., Associate Professor                                                                                       
European Jewish Studies, Holocaust       
Office: HU 355E - Phone: 442-3078
btrachtenberg@albany.edu
On Leave Fall 2012

White, Dan S., Ph.D., Professor                                           
Modern Europe & Germany, State & Society, Cultural history                                   
Office: SS 109C - Phone: 442-5382
dwhite@albany.edu

Wittern-Keller, Laura, Ph.D., Lecturer
20th century U.S. Public Policy, Legal, Constitutional and Immigration history      
Office: SS 060S - Phone: 442-5300
lwittern-keller@albany.edu

Zahavi, Gerald, Ph.D., Professor                                           
U.S. business & Labor, Local & Regional, Oral History, Quantitative, Media
Office: SS 060R - Phone: 442-5427
gzahavi@albany.edu
On Leave Fall 2012