History
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5366)

Lawrence Bryant, Professor, History
PhD, University of Iowa
Early Modern France, European ceremonial texts
Book: "The King and the City: Politics, Art, and Ritual in the Renaissance"
530-898-5175
Lbryant@csuchico.edu

Robert 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"
530-898-5760
BCottrell@csuchico.edu

Laird 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"
530-898-4284
LEaston@csuchico.edu 

Lisa Emmerich, Professor, History, Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
PhD, University of Maryland
Native American issues
530-898-6338
LEmmerich@csuchico.edu

Charles Geshekter, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, UCLA
Somalia, South Africa, AIDS in Africa, and Affirmative Action
530-898-6718
CGeshekter@csuchico.edu

Michael Gillis, Lecturer, History
MA, CSU, Chico
The Bidwells, U.S. Environment
Book (with CSU Chico history Professor Michael Magliari): "John Bidwell's California: Observations and Reflections of a Pioneer, 1841-1900"
Book: "Soper-Wheeler Company: A Century of Growing Trees"
530-898-4760
MGillis@csuchico.edu

Susan M. Green, Associate Professor, American Studies, History
PhD, University of Minnesota
Chicano/Chicana studies
530-898-6404
SGreen@csuchico.edu

Nasim Jawed, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, UCLA
Islam, Middle East, Pakistan political attitudes
Book: "Islam's Political Culture"
530-898-5386
NJawed@csuchico.edu

Stephen E. Lewis, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of California, San Diego
Latin American studies; Mexico
Book: "Revolution and the Rural Schoolhouse: Forging State in Nation in Chiapas, Mexico, 1910-1950"
530-898-6244
SLewis2@csuchico.edu

Jeff 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"
530-898-6251
JLivingston@csuchico.edu

Mike 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"
530-898-6332
MMagliari@csuchico.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"
530-898-6475
JMatray@csuchico.edu

Cliff Minor, Professor, History
PhD, University of Washington
Peasant movement in late Roman Empire, classical Greece
530-898-6302
CMinor@csuchico.edu

Judy Raftery, Professor, 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"
530-898-6371
JRaftery@csuchico.edu

Kenneth D. Rose, Lecturer, History
PhD, UCLA
US society and culture
Book: "One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture"
530-898-5386
KDRose@csuchico.edu

Hassan Sisay, Professor Emeritus, History
PhD, Southern Illinois University
Africa, Sierra Leone, Liberia, US inner cities
530-898-6664
HSisay@csuchico.edu

Tim Sistrunk, Lecturer, History
PhD, University of Kansas
Classical Legal, European Government
530-898-4202

Dale 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"
530-898-6238
DSteiner@csuchico.edu

Robert S. Tinkler, Associate Professor, History
PhD, University of North Carolina
American South; Civil War and Reconstruction
Book: "Ashes of Greatness: Politics and Reputation in the Antebellum World of James Hamilton"
530-898-6054
RTinkler@csuchico.edu

Kate Transchel, Associate 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"
530-898-6417
KTranschel@csuchico.edu