Faculty Expertise Areas

Faculty Expertise by Time Period

Ancient and Antiquity

 Vanessa B. Gorman
Aaron Douglas Professor for Teaching Excellence
  • Greek History and Historiography
  • Greek Pedagogy
  • Philology and Dependency Syntax
  • Digital Humanities
619 Oldfather Hall
Email: vgorman1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Medieval

 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

15th through 18th Centuries

 Amy Nelson Burnett
Paula and D.B. Varner University Professor of History
  • Reformation
  • Renaissance
  • Early Modern Germany
626 Oldfather Hall
Email: aburnett1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

19th Century

 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602
 Katrina Jagodinsky
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  • Borderlands
  • North American West
  • Women’s History
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • U.S. Legal History
606 Oldfather Hall
Email: kjagodinsky@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Timothy R. Mahoney
Professor of History
  • Social
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Urban
636 Oldfather Hall
Email: tmahoney1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Laura K. Muñoz
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Chicana/o History
  • North American West
  • The History of Education
  • Oral Narratives
  • Latina/o Studies
618 Oldfather Hall
Email: laura.munoz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities &
CAS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu
 Kenneth J. Winkle
Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History
  • Quantitative
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
615 Oldfather Hall
Email: kwinkle1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

20th Century

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Thomas ("Tim") Borstelmann
E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
  • International Relations
  • World History
640 Oldfather Hall
Email: tborstelmann@gmail.com
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Parks M. Coble
James L. Sellers Professor of History
  • East Asia
  • China
622 Oldfather Hall
Email: pcoble1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of History and Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies &
Vice Chair
  • Middle East
  • Islam
  • World History
637 Oldfather Hall
Email: bdermatossian2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 James A. Garza
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Borderlands
  • Chicano/a
  • Latin America
  • Modern Mexico
639 Oldfather Hall
Email: jgarza2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Patrick D. Jones
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African American
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
632 Oldfather Hall
Email: pjones2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Laura K. Muñoz
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Chicana/o History
  • North American West
  • The History of Education
  • Oral Narratives
  • Latina/o Studies
618 Oldfather Hall
Email: laura.munoz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities &
CAS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu
 Alexander Vazansky
Associate Professor of History &
Graduate Chair
  • Postwar Germany and Europe
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • GIs in Germany
  • Civilian Military Relations
604 Oldfather Hall
Email: avazansky2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

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Faculty Expertise by Region

Africa

 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Asia

 Parks M. Coble
James L. Sellers Professor of History
  • East Asia
  • China
622 Oldfather Hall
Email: pcoble1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Atlantic World

 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

British Isles

 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Central Europe

 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Alexander Vazansky
Associate Professor of History &
Graduate Chair
  • Postwar Germany and Europe
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • GIs in Germany
  • Civilian Military Relations
604 Oldfather Hall
Email: avazansky2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

China

 Parks M. Coble
James L. Sellers Professor of History
  • East Asia
  • China
622 Oldfather Hall
Email: pcoble1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

France

 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Germany

 Amy Nelson Burnett
Paula and D.B. Varner University Professor of History
  • Reformation
  • Renaissance
  • Early Modern Germany
626 Oldfather Hall
Email: aburnett1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Alexander Vazansky
Associate Professor of History &
Graduate Chair
  • Postwar Germany and Europe
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • GIs in Germany
  • Civilian Military Relations
604 Oldfather Hall
Email: avazansky2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Latin America

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 James A. Garza
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Borderlands
  • Chicano/a
  • Latin America
  • Modern Mexico
639 Oldfather Hall
Email: jgarza2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Mediterranean

 Vanessa B. Gorman
Aaron Douglas Professor for Teaching Excellence
  • Greek History and Historiography
  • Greek Pedagogy
  • Philology and Dependency Syntax
  • Digital Humanities
619 Oldfather Hall
Email: vgorman1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Middle East

 Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of History and Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies &
Vice Chair
  • Middle East
  • Islam
  • World History
637 Oldfather Hall
Email: bdermatossian2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

North Africa

 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

North American West

 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602
 Katrina Jagodinsky
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  • Borderlands
  • North American West
  • Women’s History
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • U.S. Legal History
606 Oldfather Hall
Email: kjagodinsky@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Laura K. Muñoz
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Chicana/o History
  • North American West
  • The History of Education
  • Oral Narratives
  • Latina/o Studies
618 Oldfather Hall
Email: laura.munoz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

U.S. South

 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities &
CAS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu

United States

 Thomas ("Tim") Borstelmann
E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
  • International Relations
  • World History
640 Oldfather Hall
Email: tborstelmann@gmail.com
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602
 Katrina Jagodinsky
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  • Borderlands
  • North American West
  • Women’s History
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • U.S. Legal History
606 Oldfather Hall
Email: kjagodinsky@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Patrick D. Jones
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African American
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
632 Oldfather Hall
Email: pjones2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Timothy R. Mahoney
Professor of History
  • Social
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Urban
636 Oldfather Hall
Email: tmahoney1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Laura K. Muñoz
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Chicana/o History
  • North American West
  • The History of Education
  • Oral Narratives
  • Latina/o Studies
618 Oldfather Hall
Email: laura.munoz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities &
CAS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu
 Kenneth J. Winkle
Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History
  • Quantitative
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
615 Oldfather Hall
Email: kwinkle1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

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Faculty Expertise by Theme

African American History

 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Patrick D. Jones
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African American
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
632 Oldfather Hall
Email: pjones2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Antisemitism

 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Civil War

 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu
 Kenneth J. Winkle
Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History
  • Quantitative
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
615 Oldfather Hall
Email: kwinkle1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Colonialism and Decolonization

 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602
 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Cultural History

 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Digital History

 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu

Fascism

 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Historiography

 Vanessa B. Gorman
Aaron Douglas Professor for Teaching Excellence
  • Greek History and Historiography
  • Greek Pedagogy
  • Philology and Dependency Syntax
  • Digital Humanities
619 Oldfather Hall
Email: vgorman1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Holocaust

 Gerald J. Steinacher
James A. Rawley Professor of History
  • German History
  • Intelligence History
  • Jewish History
  • Italian Fascism
  • Antisemitism
  • Holocaust
  • Central European History
628 Oldfather Hall
Email: gsteinacher2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Indigenous Peoples

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602

Intellectual History

 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Jeannette Eileen Jones
Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies &
Director, 19th Century Studies Program
  • U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History
  • African American
  • Pre-Colonial Africa
633 Oldfather Hall
Email: jjones11@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 James D. Le Sueur
Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations &
Department Chair;
Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • World Intellectual History
  • Modern France
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
612A Oldfather Hall
Email: jlesueur@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

International Relations

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Thomas ("Tim") Borstelmann
E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
  • International Relations
  • World History
640 Oldfather Hall
Email: tborstelmann@gmail.com
Phone: 402-472-2414

Legal History

 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Katrina Jagodinsky
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  • North American West
  • Women’s History
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Legal History
606 Oldfather Hall
Email: kjagodinsky@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities &
CAS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu

Material History

 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Native American History

 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602

Religion

 Amy Nelson Burnett
Paula and D.B. Varner University Professor of History
  • Reformation
  • Renaissance
  • Early Modern Germany
626 Oldfather Hall
Email: aburnett1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of History and Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies &
Vice Chair
  • Middle East
  • Islam
  • World History
637 Oldfather Hall
Email: bdermatossian2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Carolyn Twomey
Assistant Professor of History
  • Early Medieval History
  • History of Christianity
  • Water Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
624 Oldfather Hall
Email: ctwomey10@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Science, Technology, and Society

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Timothy R. Mahoney
Professor of History
  • Social
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Urban
636 Oldfather Hall
Email: tmahoney1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 William G. Thomas III
Professor of History &
John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities
  • Digital History
  • U. S. South
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Civil War
  • Science, Technology, and Society
History:
642 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2414

Dean's Office:
1223 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402-472-2891

Email: wthomas4@unl.edu

U.S. Presidency

 Kenneth J. Winkle
Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History
  • Quantitative
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
615 Oldfather Hall
Email: kwinkle1@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

Women and Gender

 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Angel M. Hinzo
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Native American History
  • U.S. Federal Indian Law
  • Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
  • Women and Gender
  • Decolonial Theory and Praxis
605 Oldfather Hall
Email: ahinzo2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Margaret D. Jacobs
Charles Mach Professor of History &
Director, Center for Great Plains Studies
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Native American
  • North American West
  • Women
306 Hewit Place
Email: mjacobs3@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-0602
 Katrina Jagodinsky
Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  • Borderlands
  • North American West
  • Women’s History
  • U.S. Nineteenth Century
  • Legal History
606 Oldfather Hall
Email: kjagodinsky@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Laura K. Muñoz
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • Chicana/o History
  • North American West
  • The History of Education
  • Oral Narratives
  • Latina/o Studies
618 Oldfather Hall
Email: laura.munoz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414

World History

 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies/Latin American Studies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Social History
  • World History
631 Oldfather Hall
Email: wari2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Thomas ("Tim") Borstelmann
E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History
  • U.S. Twentieth Century
  • International Relations
  • World History
640 Oldfather Hall
Email: tborstelmann@gmail.com
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Dawne Y. Curry
Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  • African History
  • Women and Gender
  • African Intellectual History
  • World History
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • South Africa
  • Resistance Studies
625 Oldfather Hall
Email: dcurry2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414
 Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of History and Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies &
Vice Chair
  • Middle East
  • Islam
  • World History
637 Oldfather Hall
Email: bdermatossian2@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-2414