History, World Languages, and Cultures, Department of
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Greg Smith, Chair
Powers Hall 111A, 989-774-3374
N. Christine Brooks, Ph.D., French
Michelle Cassidy, Ph.D., American Indian history, 19th century United States
María Chouza-Calo, Ph.D., Spanish
Jennifer Liu Demas, Ph.D. East Asian history
Lane Demas, Ph.D., African American history
Kathleen Donohue, Ph.D., United States political and cultural history
Leila Ennaïli, Ph.D., French
Carrie Euler, Ph.D., late medieval and early modern Europe
Solomon Getahun, Ph.D., sub-Saharan Africa
Carolina Gutiérrez-Rivas, Ph.D., Spanish
Mitchell Hall, Ph.D., recent U.S.
Doina Harsanyi, Ph.D., European history, France
Luz Marcela Hurtado, Ph.D., Spanish
Krzysztof Kulawik, Ph.D., Spanish
Jay Martin, Ph.D., museum studies, public history
Tara McCarthy, Ph.D., U.S. women and gender post 1870
Roberto Mendoza-Farías, Ph.D., Spanish
Timothy O'Neil, Ph.D., modern Europe
Amy Ransom, Ph.D., French
Alejandra Rengifo, Ph.D., Spanish
Daniela Richter, Ph.D., German
Gregory Smith, Ph.D., history of ancient Mediterranean world
Jonathan Truitt, Ph.D., colonial Latin American history
Andrew Wehrman, Ph.D., U.S. colonial history
Course Designators:
HST - History
FLN - Foreign Language
FRN - French
GER - German
SPN - Spanish
The department offers a Master of Arts in History degree, and a Joint Master of Arts degree in History. The Joint Master of Arts degree is offered in association with partner institutions at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland; and the University of Toulouse, Jean Jaurés in Toulouse, France. Graduate certificates are also offered.
Graduate-level World Languages and Cultures courses may be appropriate as electives on various graduate degree curricula.
The Programs:
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Joint Master of Arts (M.A.) in History