History Experts

Sheila Curran Bernard
Department of History
Associate Professor & Director of the Public History Program
Areas of expertise: Film storytelling, Creative nonfiction, History and media, Narrative, Public history, Documentary
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Department of History
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: 20th century politics and public policy in the U.S, History of refugees and immigrants in the U.S, History of the U.S. and human rights, History of American foreign policy
Dr. Jennifer Burns
Department of Africana Studies
Lecturer
Areas of expertise: African-American studies, black history
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Department of East Asian Studies, Department of History
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
Areas of expertise: China, Chinese culture, Chinese history, Confucianism
Richard Fogarty
Department of History, Office of Undergraduate Education
Associate Professor & Collins Fellow; Associate Vice Provost & Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Areas of expertise: Europe, France, Imperialism, War, Race and racism, National identity, World War I
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Department of History
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor & Collins Fellow
Areas of expertise: Temperance movement, Crime and trials, Civil liberties
David Hochfelder
Department of History
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: History of the U.S, Business and technology, Public history, History of information technology, History of the telegraph, Thomas Edison, Electric power, Savings and investment
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Department of History
Associate Professor & Director of the Institute for History and Public Engagement
Areas of expertise: American foreign relations, Globalization , international organizations, decolonization
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Department of History
Professor
Areas of expertise: Russia, Ukraine, Orthodox Christianity, Russian Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox, Christianity, Confession, Religion in Russian culture
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Department of Music & Theatre, Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: European and American music since 1800, Music and popular culture, Film music and feminist theory
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Department of Political Science, Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy; Professor; Collins Fellow
Areas of expertise: Supreme Court, Political development, Public Law, Law and race, Law and gender
Christopher Pastore
Department of History, Minerva Center for High Impact Learning
Associate Professor; Experiential Education Faculty Fellow
Areas of expertise: European and Native American history, Social and human dimensions of environmental change, Colonial history
Sean Rafferty
Department of Anthropology
Professor
Areas of expertise: Ancient tobacco, Shamanism, Native American smoking pipes, Archaeology of eastern North America, Archaeology of New York State, Cultural resource management
Nancy Roberts
Department of Communication
Professor and Journalism Program Director
Areas of expertise: History of journalism and communication, Literary journalism, Media and society, War and the media
Kendra Smith-Howard
Department of History
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Environmental history, Twentieth-century US history, History of consumer culture and politics, History of technology, History of public health, Agriculture and rural life
Dr. Marcia Sutherland
Department of Africana Studies, Department of Psychology
Associate Professor and Africana Studies Undergraduate Program Advisor
Areas of expertise: Social and psychological development of black children, inclusiveness of education, transracial adoption, HIV/AIDS and people of African descent, enslavement and colonial experiences of people of African descent, black studies, mock jury trials, nonverbal behavior of people of African descent