History Department Faculty and Staff
Our department has nearly forty full-time, PhD-holding faculty who offer a wide variety of courses spanning the globe in coverage while also conducting ground-breaking research. The faculty cover a wide range of research topics and time periods, including Early American, United States, Central American, European, Latin American, and Asian History. We also specialize in areas such as Public History, Military History, Race and Gender Studies, the History of Sexuality, Immigration and Migration History, Music History, Labor and Economic History, Social Justice History, and much more. Learn more about our faculty publications and research interests on our Faculty Bookshelf.
The History Department also invites you to visit our Retired and Emeritus and In Memoriam faculty pages.
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Dr. Thomas AlterAlterThomasAssistant ProfessorEmail: ta1066@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 221
Phone: 512.245.3211Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Labor, Texas, Race, Capitalism, Transnational
Dr. Nancy K. BerlageBerlageNancy K.Associate ProfessorPublic History Graduate Advisor
Email: nkb11@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 217
Phone: 512.245.4529Primary Focus:
Public HistorySpecialty:
20th Century U.S., Rural, Gender, Political, Economic, Public History, Memory
Dr. Elizabeth BishopBishopElizabethAssociate ProfessorEmail: eb26@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 216
Phone: 512.245.2142Primary Focus:
North Africa/Modern ArabSpecialty:
Middle East, Postcolonial Arab, Global Cold War
Dr. Gene BourgeoisBourgeoisGeneProfessor, Provost: Vice President for Academic AffairsEmail: eb04@txstate.edu
Office: JCK 1060
Phone: 512.245.2257Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
Tudor-Stuart England, English Local History
Dr. Mary BrennanBrennanMaryProfessor, Dean: College of Liberal ArtsEmail: mb18@txstate.edu
Office: FH313
Phone: 512.245.2317Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Post-1945 U.S., Political History
Dr. Ronald BrownBrownRonaldProfessorEmail: rb04@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 212
Phone: 512.245.2067Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Western U.S., Business, Labor, Technology, Oral History
Corey CapersCapersCoreyAssistant ProfessorEmail: coreycapers@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 226
Phone: 512.245.2142Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Black American History, Early American History, Popular Culture, Race, Power, and Post-Structural Methods
Mr. Adam ClarkClarkAdamSystems Support SpecialistEmail: adam.clark@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 204-B
Phone: 512.245.2535Primary Focus:
Website, Marketing, Photography/Videography, Technical Support
Dr. Sarah ColemanColemanSarahAssistant ProfessorEmail: src202@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 225
Phone: 512.245.0869Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Immigration, Race and Rights in the U.S., Public Policy, Social Movements
Dr. Sara DamianoDamianoSaraAssociate ProfessorEmail: sdamiano@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 223
Phone: 512.245.5750Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Early America and the Atlantic World, Women and Gender, Legal History, Economic History
Dr. José Carlos de la Puente Lunade la Puente LunaJosé CarlosProfessor & Director of Graduate StudiesEmail: jd65@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 215
Phone: 512.245.2240Primary Focus:
Latin American HistorySpecialty:
Colonial Latin American & Indigenous Populations of the Andes
Dr. Peter DedekDedekPeterProfessor and Coordinator, Public History ProgramEmail: pdedek@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 206
Phone: 512.245.3042Primary Focus:
Public HistorySpecialty:
Architectural History, American History, 19th and 20th Centuries
Dr. Shannon DuffyDuffyShannonSenior LecturerEmail: sd22@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 108
Phone: 512.245.3745Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Early American History
Ms. Trace EtienneEtienneTraceSenior Lecturer & Undergraduate AdvisorEmail: te01@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 204A
Phone: 512.245.2142Primary Focus:
Undergraduate Advising/History Education SpecialistSpecialty:
20th Century U.S., Women's History
Dr. Bryan GlassGlassBryanSenior LecturerEmail: bg30@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 03
Phone: 512.245.2772Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
Modern British, British Imperial History
Dr. Dwonna GoldstoneGoldstoneDwonnaAssociate Professor & Director, African American Studies ProgramEmail: dwonnagoldstone@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 207
Phone: 512.245.2192Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
African American history and culture, Black women in history
Dr. Paul HartHartPaulProfessor & Director, Center for International StudiesEmail: ph18@txstate.edu
Office: Derrick Hall 101
Phone: 512.245.2339Primary Focus:
Latin American HistorySpecialty:
Modern Latin American, Mexican-American, U.S., Mexico
Dr. Jeffrey HelgesonHelgesonJeffreyAssociate Professor and Department ChairEmail: jh221@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 202
Phone: 512.245.2142Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Labor, African American History
Dr. Deirdre E LannonLannonDeirdre ESenior LecturerEmail: dl24@txstate.edu
Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Puerto Rico, Women and Gender, Music History, Social Movements, Public History and Museum Studies
Dr. Debra LawLawDebraLecturerEmail: dlaw@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 01
Phone: 512.245.8254Primary Focus:
Latin American HistorySpecialty:
Latin American and Atlantic History
Dr. Bryan MannMannBryanSenior LecturerEmail: bm30@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 02
Phone: 512.245.7845Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
Tudor-Stuart England
Dr. Jeffrey MauckMauckJeffreySenior LecturerEmail: jm81@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 05
Phone: 512.245.2064Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Public History, Local and Community
Dr. John Mckiernan-GonzálezMckiernan-GonzálezJohnSupple Professor of Southwestern StudiesEmail: jrm259@txstate.edu
Office: Brazos 214
Phone: 512.245.2224Primary Focus:
American History, U.S. - Mexico BorderlandsSpecialty:
Mexican American, Latino Studies, Social and Cultural History of Medicine, Immigration
Dr. James McWilliamsMcWilliamsJamesProfessor of PracticeEmail: jm71@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 107
Phone: 512.245.3455Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Colonial America, Economic & Cultural
Dr. Jason MellardMellardJasonAssistant Professor of Practice & Director, Center for Texas Music HistoryEmail: jasonmellard@txstate.edu
Office: Brazos 200
Phone: 512.245.6465Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Post-1945 U.S., Music History, Texas History
Dr. Margaret MenningerMenningerMargaretAssociate ProfessorEmail: mm48@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 214
Phone: 512.245.2188Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
Modern Europe, Modern Germany
Dr. Rebecca MontgomeryMontgomeryRebeccaProfessorEmail: rm53@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 217
Phone: 512.245.2116Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Gilded Age and Progressive Era, The New South, Southern Women, and Education
Dr. Angela MurphyMurphyAngelaProfessorEmail: am34@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 211
Phone: 512.245.2110Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction
Ms. Lara NewcomerNewcomerLaraStudent Teacher SupervisorEmail: ln1057@txstate.edu
Phone: 512.245.8250Primary Focus:
Student Teacher Preparation
Dr. Casey NicholsNicholsCaseyAssistant ProfessorEmail: cdn47@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 229
Phone: 512.2454367Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
African and Mexican American history, urban history, social movements
Dr. Ruby OramOramRubyAssistant Professor of PracticeAssistant Professor of Practice
Email: rubyoram@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 203
Phone: 512.245.2122
Website: www.rubyoram.comPrimary Focus:
American History; Public HistorySpecialty:
Twentieth-Century American History; Public History; Local and Community History; Women and Gender History; Urban History; History of Education
Dr. Joshua PaddisonPaddisonJoshuaSenior LecturerEmail: j_p532@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 06
Phone: 512.245.8250Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Religion, Race, American West
Ms. Madelyn PatlanPatlanMadelynAdministrative Assistant IIIEmail: mp47@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 202
Phone: 512.245.2412Primary Focus:
Budget, Departmental Operations
Dr. Jessica PlileyPlileyJessicaProfessorEmail: jp74@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 213
Phone: 512.245.6756Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Women, Gender, Modern U.S.
Dr. Louis PorterPorterLouisAssistant ProfessorEmail: l_p309@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 224Primary Focuses:
European HistorySpecialty:
Russian History
Dr. Justin RandolphRandolphJustinAssistant ProfessorEmail: justin.randolph@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 205
Phone: 512.245.0157Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
American history, Oral history, African American history, American South
Dr. Leah RenoldRenoldLeahAssociate ProfessorEmail: lr22@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 209
Phone: 512.245.2118Primary Focus:
South Asian HistorySpecialty:
Modern South Asian History, History of Religion, Nonviolence and Social Justice
Dr. Caroline RitterRitterCarolineAssociate ProfessorEmail: ritter@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 222
Phone: 512.245.2107Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
Modern Britain, British Empire, sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Joaquín Rivaya-MartínezRivaya-MartínezJoaquínAssociate ProfessorEmail: jr59@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 218
Phone: 512.245.2063Primary Focus:
U.S. - Mexico BorderlandsSpecialty:
Ethnohistory, Indigenous Peoples, Borderlands, Captivity, American History
Dr. Allison RobinsonRobinsonAllisonLecturerEmail: ah1646@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 07
Phone: 512.245.8254Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
Gender, race, and incarceration in the United States during the 20th century
Dr. Anadelia RomoRomoAnadeliaProfessorEmail: ar23@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 230
Phone: 512.245.2123Primary Focus:
Latin American HistorySpecialty:
Latin America, Race, Modern Brazil, Afro-Latin America, Modernism, Inequality, Visual culture
Ms. Roberta Ann RuizRuizRoberta AnnAdministrative Assistant IIEmail: roberta@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 202
Phone: 512.245.2142Primary Focus:
Graduate Program, Registration, Travel
Dr. Miranda SachsSachsMirandaAssistant ProfessorEmail: mrs372@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 227Primary Focus:
European HistorySpecialty:
France, Women and Gender, childhood and youth, immigration
Ms. Katharine SalzmannSalzmannKatharineAssociated FacultyEmail: salzmann@txstate.edu
Office: ALK 704
Phone: 512.245.3861Primary Focus:
Public History
Dr. Peter SiegenthalerSiegenthalerPeterSenior LecturerEmail: ps30@txstate.edu
Primary Focus:
East Asian HistorySpecialty:
Japanese Studies, East & Central Asia, Historic Preservation
Dr. Ellen TillmanTillmanEllenAssociate ProfessorEmail: et19@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 228
Phone: 512.245.2177Primary Focus:
Latin American HistorySpecialty:
Military History, Modern Americas
Ms. Kristine TomaTomaKristineAssociated FacultyEmail: kris.toma@txstate.edu
Office: ALK 580
Phone: 512.245.6724Primary Focus:
Public History
Dr. Louie Dean ValenciaValenciaLouie DeanAssociate ProfessorEmail: lvalencia@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 210
Phone: 512.245.2103Primary Focus:
Digital HistorySpecialty:
Digital History, European History, Spain, the Mediterranean, Transnational
Dr. Dwight WatsonWatsonDwightAssociate Professor EmeritusEmail: dw25@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 109
Phone: 512.245.2241Primary Focus:
American HistorySpecialty:
US. African American History, Race Relations, Texas
Dr. Joseph YickYickJosephProfessorEmail: jy02@txstate.edu
Office: TMH 208
Phone: 512.245.3748Primary Focus:
East Asian HistorySpecialty:
Modern China, Chinese Communism
