Faculty

Department of History Faculty. First column is the name, second column is professional title, third column is area, fourth column is email.
Name	Title	Area	Email
Douglas Baynton	Professor	American Cultural History, History of Disability, American Sign Language	douglas-baynton@uiowa.edu
Mériam Belli	Associate Professor	History of the modern Middle East, Social and Cultural history of the Arab Middle East, Transnational history of death and dying, Oral history and memory, Boundaries and mobility	meriam-belli@uiowa.edu
Shuang Chen	Associate Professor	History of late imperial and modern China, Social and economic history, Social stratification, Historical demography, Chinese law and society	shuang-chen@uiowa.edu
Jeffrey L. Cox	Professor	British social, imperial, and religious history, The decline of religion in the European heartland of Christianity, Christianity in the non-western world, Secularization Theory	jeffrey-cox@uiowa.edu
Mariola Espinosa	Associate Professor	Public health and medicine, Empire and Caribbean, Latin America	mariola-espinosa@uiowa.edu
Thomas P. Gallanis	Professor of Law	Legal History of England and Continental Europe, Secondary Appointment in History	thomas-gallanis@uiowa.edu
James L. Giblin	Professor	African history, 19th-20th century Tanzania and East Africa, Social history of Africa, Political history of post-colonial Tanzania, History of health and healing in Africa	james-giblin@uiowa.edu
Colin Gordon	Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies	20th century U.S. history, American public policy, American political economy, American urban history	colin-gordon@uiowa.edu
Elizabeth Heineman	Professor and Chair	Modern Germany and Europe, Gender and Sexuality, Historical memory, Human Rights and Atrocity	elizabeth-heineman@uiowa.edu
Michaela Hoenicke Moore	Associate Professor	United States in the World, International relations, European and U.S. history, Political culture of the U.S. and its foreign policy	michaela-hoenicke-moore@uiowa.edu
Raymond A. Mentzer	Professor of Religious Studies	Reformation Studies, Early Modern European Religious History, Secondary Appointment in History	raymond-mentzer@uiowa.edu
Tom Arne Midtrød	Associate Professor	Early North America, North American Indians, Atlantic World	tom-midtrod@uiowa.edu
Michael E. Moore	Associate Professor	Medieval and European history, History of the Church, Papal history, Medieval Canon Law, Theory and Practice of Interpretation (Philology and Hermeneutics), History of Ideas, Late Medieval Intellectual history	michael-e-moore@uiowa.edu
Rosemary Moore	Lecturer	Ancient history, Roman military, social dynamics between ranks, Roman society, Development of military discipline, Influence of civilian conduct on military authority and behavior	rosemary-moore@uiowa.edu
Matthew Noellert	Assistant Professor	Modern China, Rural society, History of communism, Historical data analysis, Digital history	matthew-noellert@uiowa.edu
Alyssa Park	Assistant Professor	Modern Korean History, Empire and nationalism in East Asia, Migration and diaspora, Governance and border issues	alyssa-park@uiowa.edu
H. Glenn Penny	Professor	Modern European history, Critical theory, Migration and diaspora, History of Anthropology, 19th century to present relationships between Europeans and non-Europeans	h-penny@uiowa.edu
R. Tyler Priest	Associate Professor of History and Geography	20th century U.S. history, Energy and Environmental history, Energy Policy, History of Business and Technology, Public history	tyler-priest@uiowa.edu
Jacki Thompson Rand	Associate Professor	Native North America	jacki-rand@uiowa.edu
Leslie A. Schwalm	Professor	Slavery (U.S. and Comparative), Women's history, 19th century U.S. history, History of Race, Civil War and Reconstruction	leslie-schwalm@uiowa.edu
Jennifer Sessions	Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies	Modern France, European empires, Cultural history, France and its overseas empire, Culture and politics	jennifer-sessions@uiowa.edu
Landon Storrs	Professor	20th century U.S. social and political history, History of women, Social movements, Social policy	landon-storrs@uiowa.edu
Katherine H. Tachau	Professor	Medieval intellectual history, History of science and philosophy, Medieval Universities, Medieval Latin Paleography and Codicology, History of medieval manuscript art and illumination	katherine-tachau@uiowa.edu
Stephen Vlastos	Professor	Modern Japanese history, Agrarian political economy during the Tokugawa and Meiji periods, Japanese culture, traditions and modernity, Japan and U.S. Relations, International relations in Asia Pacific region	stephen-vlastos@uiowa.edu
Stephen Warren	Associate Professor	American Indian histories and cultures, Ethno-historical methods, Iowa and Midwestern history, Community-Engaged Scholarship	stephen-warren@uiowa.edu
Nick Yablon	Associate Professor of American Studies	Nineteenth-century US cultural and urban history, visual culture, memory, Secondary Appointment in History	nick-yablon@uiowa.edu
Elizabeth Yale	Lecturer	History of Science and Medicine, History of the Book, Early Modern Europe, British History	elizabeth-yale@uiowa.edu
Michael Zmolek	Lecturer	World history, History and development of Capitalism, Evolution of manufacturing in England (aka [first] Industrial Revolution), International development, Environmental history and politics	michael-zmolek@uiowa.edu