Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Choi Chatterjee, Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
Field: Modern Europe, Russia & Soviet Union
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/dr-choi-chatterjee

Timothy Doran, Professor
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley
Field: Ancient Greek and Roman History
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/dr-timothy-doran-associate-professor-history

Christopher Endy, Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Field: Modern U.S., International Relations, Globalization
Office: KH C4076A - (323) 343-2046 
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/christopher-endy

 

Eileen Ford, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/eileen-ford

Kittiya Lee, Professor
Ph.D.  Johns Hopkins University
Field: Colonial Latin America, Brazil
Office: KH C4033 - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/kittiya-lee

Afshin Matin, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Middle East, Religious Studies
Office: KH A4026 - (323) 343-2025
Email: [email protected]

Enrique Ochoa, Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Office: KH C4077A 
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/enrique-c-ochoa

Birte Pfleger, Professor
Ph.D. UC Irvine
Field: Colonial British North America, Early Republic, Ethnicity
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/birte-pfleger

Sara Pugach, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern Africa, South Africa, Germany
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/sara-pugach-professor

Travis Shutz, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Binghamton University (SUNY)
Field: Early Modern Maritime Asia
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]​​​​​​​

Angela Vergara, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern Latin America, Labor Studies, Chile
Office: KH B4021 - (323) 343-2022
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/ángela-vergara

Scott Wells, Professor and Chair
Ph.D. New York University
Field: Medieval Europe, Early Modern World, Religious Studies
Office: KH C4066 - (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/scott-wells

Mark Wild, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern U.S., Urban Studies
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/mark-wild-professor

Ping Yao, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Field: Asia, China, Women's & Gender History
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/ping-yao

Lamont Yeakey, Associate Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern U.S., Civil Rights, Political Movements
Office: KH A4027 - (323) 343-2026
Email: [email protected]

Lecturers

Thomas Alvarez, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity, Politics
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]

Gregory Beirich, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Medieval Europe, U.S. and World History
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]

Judy Corey, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: California, U.S. West, Women's & Gender History
Office: KH D1059 - (323) 343-2042
Email: [email protected]

Dawn Dennis, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]

John Donovan, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: 20th-century U.S., Diplomatic History, History of Religion
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]

Franz Metcalf, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]

Jorge Muñoz, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]

Timothy Paynich, Lecturer
Field: Russia, Europe, World History
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]

Emeritus

Francisco Balderrama, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern U.S.; American West; Chicano Studies
Office: KH C3059 - (323) 343-2987
Email: [email protected]

Stanley Burstein, Professor Emeritus
Field: Ancient World; Hellenistic Greece; Africa
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Crecelius, Professor Emeritus
Field: Near East; Islamic History
Email: [email protected]

Timothy F. Harding, Professor Emeritus
Field: Latin America; Brazil; Cuba
Email: [email protected]

Yuen-Sang Leung, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern China; Chinese Immigration; U.S.-Chinese Relations
Email: [email protected]

Carole Srole, Professor Emirata
Field: Modern U.S., Labor History, Gender & Women's History
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
Email: [email protected]

Lilian Taiz, Professor Emirata, and CFA Board of Director
Field: U.S. Social & Cultural History
Email: [email protected]

Staff

Melody Singleton, Department Coordinator
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]

Jocelyne Martinez, Administrative Support Assistant
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]