Faculty

Aley, Ginette, Visiting Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005): Nineteenth-century U.S. History, Women's History, Agricultural/Rural History, the Civil War
Brandom, Eric, Visiting Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Duke University, 2012): Modern European intellectual history, French history, Atlantic World
Breen, Louise A., Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1993): Colonial American History, Puritanism, American Revolution
Defries, David, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2004): Medieval History, History of Pre-Modern Christianity, The Christian Cult of the Saints

Epps, Kristen, Associate Professor

(Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2010): Antebellum U.S., Kansas, slavery and abolition, Civil War and Reconstruction

Galelli, Marjorie, Assistant Professor

(Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2022): U.S. military history, civil-military relations, twentieth & twenty-first century U.S. history.

Graff, David A., Pickett Professor of Military History and Chair
(Ph.D., Princeton University, 1995): Chinese and Japanese History; Military History
Krysko, Michael, Associate Professor and National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty in Military History and Twentieth Century Studies
(Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2001): History of Technology, Mass Media, and U.S. Foreign Relations (esp. American-East Asian Relations)
McCloskey , Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
(Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2012): Ancient Mediterranean, Classics, including History and Culture of Rome and Greece, and Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome. Primary appointment with Modern Languages focusing on the classics.
McCrea, Heather, Associate Professor and Kenneth S. Davis Professor of History
(Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2002): Colonial and Modern Mexico; Peasant and Indigenous Studies; History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease, and Environmental History
Maner, Brent, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001): Germany since 1750; European Cultural and Intellectual; Modern Middle East
Orr, Andrew, Professor
(Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2007): Modern France, Military History, Africa
Orr, Suzanne, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2010): Twentieth-Century American History, immigration and gender
Oweidat, Nadia, Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Oxford University, 2014): Islamic thought, Religious theories
Tiemeyer, Phil, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2007): U.S. Gender History, History of Sexuality, U.S. Social History, and U.S. Foreign Relations

History Office Staff

Melissa Janulis, MLS
Office Manager
Email: janulis@ksu.edu

General Inquiries:
Call: 785-532-6730
Email: hoffice@ksu.edu

Advising: Kathy Lillich
Office: 117A Calvin Hall
Phone: 785-532-0642

Email: klillich@ksu.edu