College of Humanities and Fine Arts: History

Faculty Expert Database List

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Phone: 530-898-5351

History

Phone: 530-898-5366

Lawrence M. Bryant

Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, University of Iowa
Early Modern France, European Ceremonial Texts

  • Book: The King and the City: Politics, Art, and Ritual in the Renaissance
Phone: 530-898-5175
Email: LBryant-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Robert C. Cottrell

Professor, History
PhD, University of Oklahoma
Radical Journalist I.F. Stone, ACLU Founder Roger Baldwin

  • Book: IZZY: A Biography of I.F. Stone
  • Book: Viet Nam: The 17th Parallel
Phone: 530-898-5760
Email: BCottrell-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Laird M. Easton

Professor, History
PhD, Stanford
Contemporary Europe, Count Harry Kessler

  • Book: In the Trail of the Red Count: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy in the Life of Count Harry Kessler, 1868–1937
Phone: 530-898-4284
Email: LEaston-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Lisa E. Emmerich

Professor, History, Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
PhD, University of Maryland
Native American Issues

Phone: 530-898-6338
Email: LEmmerich-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Charles L. Geshekter

Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, UCLA
Somalia, South Africa, Aids in Africa, and Affirmative Action

Phone: 530-898-5366
Email: CGeshekter-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Susan M. Green

Associate Professor, American Studies, History
PhD, University of Minnesota
Chicano/Chicana Studies

Phone: 530-898-6404
Email: SGreen-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Nasim Jawed

Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, UCLA
Islam, Middle East, Pakistan political attitudes

  • Book: Islam's Political Culture
Phone: 530-898-5386
Email: NJawed-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Stephen E. Lewis

Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of California, San Diego
Latin American studies; Mexico

  • Book:The Ambivalent Revolution: Forging State and Nation in Chiapas, Mexico, 1910-1945

Phone: 530-898-6244
Email: SLewis2-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Jeffery C. Livingston

Professor, History
PhD, University of Toledo
Modern American Diplomatic and Political History, History of Modern American Popular Music, History of Sports, Cuban Revolt (1895-1898), Persian Gulf War, Role of Media and Polls in U.S. Politics

  • Book: Swallowed by Globalism: John M. Vorys and American Foreign Policy
Phone: 530-898-6251
Email: JLivingston-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Michael F. Magliari

Professor, History
PhD, UC Davis
John Bidwell, California History

  • Book (with CSU, Chico history lecturer Michael Gillis): John Bidwell's California: Observations and Reflections of a Pioneer, 1841–1900
Phone: 530-898-6332
Email: MMagliari-at-csuchico-dot-edu

James I. Matray

Professor, History
PhD, University of Virginia
US Relations, Korea, Japan, 20th Century United States

  • Book: East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784, 2 Vols.
  • Book: Korea Divided: The 38th Parallel and the Demilitarized Zone
Phone: 530-898-6475
Email: JMatray-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Jason A. Nice

Assistant Professor, History
PhD, York University, UK
Modern Europe, Britain

Phone: 530-898-6718
Email: JNice-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Judith H. Raftery

Professor Emerita, History
PhD, UCLA
L.A. Public Schools, Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest

  • Book: Land of Fair Promise: Politics and Reform in Los Angeles Schools, 1889–1941
Phone: 530-898-6371
Email: JRaftery-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Kenneth D. Rose

Lecturer, History
PhD, UCLA
US Society and Culture

  • Phone: One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture
  • Book: Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans and World War II
Phone: 530-898-5386
Email: KDRose-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Timothy G. Sistrunk

Lecturer, History
PhD, University of Kansas
Classical Legal, European Government

Phone: 530-898-4202
Email: TSistrunk-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Dale R. Steiner

Professor, History
PhD, University of Virginia
US history, American immigration

  • Book: Of Thee We Sing: Immigrants and American History
  • Book: Writer's and Reviewer's Handbook of Historical Journals
Phone: 530-898-6238
Email: DSteiner-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Robert S. Tinkler

Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of North Carolina
American South, Civil War and Reconstruction

  • Book: James Hamilton of South Carolina
Phone: 530-898-6054
Email: RTinkler-at-csuchico-dot-edu

Kate Transchel

Professor, History
PhD, University of North Carolina
Russian and Soviet History, Protocol for Military Personnel, Alcoholism Treatment Programs in the Former Soviet Union

  • Book: Under the Influence: Working-class Drinking, Temperence, and Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1895–1932
  • Book: The Breakup of Yugoslavia:  Conflict in the Balkans
Phone: 530-898-6417
Email: KTranschel-at-csuchico-dot-edu

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