History Department
OUR OFFICE

Trinity Hall, Room 223, Zip 0735
530-898-5366
adanielli1@csuchico.edu
Spring 2023 Office Hours
M-F 8:00am-5:00pm

History Writing Cooperative
Trinity Hall, Room 202
Spring 2023 Hours
M-F: 11am - 4pm
hwc@csuchico.edu

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Faculty Biographies & Publications

Full-Time Faculty

Dallas DeForest
Dallas DeForest

Associate Professor, Ancient History; Late Antiquity and Byzantium; Material Culture

Sinwoo Lee
Sinwoo Lee

Associate Professor, East Asian Studies

Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Professor, Mexico, Latin America
Gloria Lopez
Gloria Lopez
Assistant Professor, 20th Century U.S. History; U.S. Latinx Histories and Cultures
Jeffery Livingston
Jeffery Livingston

Professor, U.S. Diplomatic, 20th Century America

Michael Magliari
Michael Magliari
Professor, California, American Agriculture, U.S. West
James Matray
James Matray
Professor, U.S. Diplomatic, Recent U.S., East Asia
Jason Nice
Jason Nice
Associate Professor, Early Modern Europe, Britain
Shawn Schwaller
Shawn Schwaller
Assistant Professor, California, 20th Century U.S., Race and Ethnicity, Public Scholarship
Robert Tinkler
Robert Tinkler
Professor and Department Chair, Early 19th Century U.S., Civil War and Reconstruction, American South
Alisa Wade
Alisa Wade
Assistant Professor, Early American History, Gender and Capitalism
Najm al-Din Yousefi
Najm al-Din Yousefi
Associate Professor, the Middle East, Early Islam

Lecturer Faculty

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Robin Marie Averbeck
Lecturer, U.S. History
Jerrad P Benedict
Jerrad P Benedict

Lecturer, U.S., Early Modern Europe and Latin American History

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Kellie Marie Lavin
Lecturer, U.S. and Gender History
Karen Nissen
Karen J. Nissen

Lecturer, European Intellectual, Germany, U.S.

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Desislava K. Pedeva-Fazlic

Lecturer, Modern European, Modern Russian, 19th Century U.S.

Timothy G. Sistrunk
Timothy G. Sistrunk

Lecturer, Medieval Europe, Environmental

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Rodney L. Thomson
Lecturer, U.S. and Middle Eastern History
Eran Zelnik
Eran A. Zelnik
Lecturer, Early U.S. Cultural History

Staff

Alyssa Danielli

ASC 

Monday-Friday 

8:30am-4:30pm 

adanielli1@csuchico.edu

Emily Swanson

Writing Tutor, History Writing Cooperative

Monday-Wednesday: 11:00AM-4:00PM

eswanson4@csuchico.edu

Kyle Nakagawa

Writing Tutor, History Writing Cooperative

Thursday, Friday: 11:00AM-4:00PM

khnakagawa@csuchico.edu

Luke Gill

History Department Teaching Assistant

History 130

Thursday: 12:30PM-1:30PM

lgill5@csuchico.edu

Simon Acosta

History Department Teaching Assistant

History 130

Monday: 1:00PM-2:00PM

Tuesday: 11:00AM-12:00PM

sacosta13@csuchico.edu

Lukas Sandro

Student Assistant, History Office

Monday-Thursday: 8:00am-11:00am

ksandro@csuchico.edu

Kira Runkle

Student Assistant, History Office

Tuesday, Thursday: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Friday: 8:00am-11:00am

krrunkle@csuchico.edu

Sarah Gomez Negrete

Student Assistant, History Office

Monday, Wednesday: 3:00PM-5:00PM

Friday: 2:00pm-5:00pm

sgomeznegrete@csuchico.edu

Emeritus Faculty

John H. Boyle

Emeritus Professor, East Asia

Lawrence M. Bryant

Emeritus Professor, Renaissance and Reformation, Early Modern Europe, Historiography

Charles Churchill
Emeritus Lecturer, United States and Mexico
Robert Cottrell
Emeritus Professor, 20th Century America, U.S. Intellectual, American Sports
Lisa E. Emmerich
Emerita Professor, North American Indian, American West, 19th Century America
Charles L. Geshekter
Emeritus Professor, Africa
Jeanne C. Lawrence
Emerita Lecturer, U.S. and United Kingdom, Social and Cultural, American Studies
Nasim A. Jawed

Emeritus Professor, Middle East and Islam

Clifford E. Minor

Emeritus Professor, Ancient and Classical History

Carl H. Peterson

Emeritus Professor, Early America

Judith H. Raftery

Emerita Professor, Recent America, American Women, Imperialism

Kate Transchel

Emerita Professor, Russia, Eastern Europe, European Women

Hassan Sisay
Emeritus Professor, African American and African History
Dale R. Steiner

Emeritus Professor, History Education, American Immigration