Department Chair

Rebecca Bennette

Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 333
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Tuesday 9:50-10:50 AM; Thursday 3:30-5:30 PM, and by appointment

Academic Coordinator

Judy Mayer

Academic Coordinator: History, Axinn Center for the Humanities

Office:
Axinn Center 338
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: On campus Monday through Thursday 7:30 - 1:30 PM and remote 3:00PM to 4:45 PM, Remote Fridays 7:30 AM to 3:45 PM

History Faculty

Febe Armanios

Philip Battell and Sarah Frances Cowles Stewart Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 340
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: MW 2:30-3:45pm (sign-up via Google doc requested from Prof.); and by appointment

Ian Barrow

Director of the Axinn Center for the Humanities, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 339
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Monday 10:00-12:00; Tuesday 11:00-12:00, and by appointment.

Louisa Burnham

Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 332
Office Hours:
On Leave Academic Year 2024 - 2025

Maggie Clinton

Associate Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 237
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Thursdays 1:30 - 3:00 PM, and by appointment.

Joyce Mao

Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 238
Office Hours:
Fall 2024: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 PM (Zoom): sign up via Canvas Calendar; Thursdays 1:00-2:30 PM (Axinn 238), and by appointment

Elsa Mendoza

Assistant Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 328
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: MW 10:45 am-12:00 (AXN328) & Tuesdays via Zoom. Make appointments via Calendly at https://calendly.com/emendoza–midd

Rebecca Mitchell

Associate Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 239
Office Hours:
Fall 2024: Available by appointment.

Kathryn Morse

John C Elder Prof of Environmental Studies; Prof of History

Office:
Axinn Center 240
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Please schedule appointments at https://calendly.com/kathrynmorse, or email if those times do not work.

Amy Morsman

Professor of History; Interim Director, Ctr. for Teaching, Learning and Research, First-Year Seminar Director

Office:
Davis Family Library 215
Office Hours:
Spring 2025—in CTLR (LIB 225A): Monday, 11:15am–12:15pm; Thursday, 10:15am–12:15pm; and by appointment.

Lana Povitz

Assistant Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 329
Office Hours:
Fall 2024: Wednesdays 3:30 - 6:30 PM, and by appointment (zoom or in person) Please email to make an appointment ahead of time.

Jim Ralph

Dean of the Faculty; Rehnquist Professor of American History and Culture

Office:
Old Chapel 204
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Old Chapel 204--Tuesdays, 8 to 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Thursdays, 8 to 9 a.m., Fridays, 11 a.m. to noon; and by appointment.

Jacob Tropp

John Spencer Professor of African Studies

Office:
Axinn Center 341
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Mon and Thur 11:30am-1:00pm, or by appointment.

Max Ward

Associate Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 342
Office Hours:
Fall 2024: Online Tuesday afternoons, and by appointment

Don Wyatt

John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History

Office:
Axinn Center 343
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 am, Thursdays 4:00-5:00 pm, and by appointment.

Emeriti

William Hart

Professor Emeritus of History

Office:
Hesselgrave House 221

Travis Jacobs

Fletcher D. Proctor Professor Emeritus of American History

Office:
Davis Family Library 353

Marjorie Lamberti

Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of History

Office:
Davis Family Library 354
Office Hours:
Office hours by appointment

John McCardell

President Emeritus; College Professor Emeritus

Paul Monod

A. Barton Hepburn Prof. Emeritus of History

Office:
Davis Library 356
Office Hours:
Available by appointment; Davis Family Library - 356 Faculty Study

Neil Waters

Kawashima Emeritus Professor of History and Japanese Studies