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

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

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 Spring 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