History Department Faculty:
- Kevin Marsh, Ph.D., (Department Chair) Environmental history, modern U.S., U.S. West, Idaho
-
Allan Christelow,
Ph.D., Middle East and Africa
- Stephanie Mooers Christelow, Ph.D., Medieval social and economic
- Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D., Early U.S.
- Sarah Hinman, Ph.D., Historical geography, GIS, public health
- Ryan T. Jones, Ph.D., Russia, modern Europe, environmental history
- Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., Gender , U.S. Progressive era social and cultural, American studies, transnational
- J. B. "Jack" Owens, Ph.D., Spain, Renaissance and Reformation
- Darrell Reinke, Ph.D., Early Modern Europe
- Henry Stamm, Ph.D., Native American, U.S. West
- Laura Woodworth-Ney, Ph.D., (Assoc. V.P for Academic Affairs) U.S. West, women, Native American
Adjunct Faculty:
- Kim Anglesey, M.A., Latin America
- Jeff Callis, M.A. U.S. History, Europe
- Scott Emfield, M.A., U.S. History, Europe
- James Francis, M.A. U.S. History
- Karen Leibert, Ph.D. Europe
- Barry Maheras, M.A., U.S. History
- Darrell Reinke, Ph.D., Early Modern Europe
- Honoré Storms, M.A. U.S. History
Kevin Marsh, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Editor,
Idaho Yesterdays
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 3309 Modern United States
- HIST 4423 Idaho History
- HIST 4430 Global Environmental History
- HIST 4491 Seminar
Research Interests:
Debates over public resources in the American West. Current work focuses on groundwater development in the American West.
Representative publications:
- “Crossing Divides: An Environmental History of Idaho.” In Idaho’s Place: Rethinking the Gem State’s Past, edited by Adam M. Sowards. Seattle: University of Washington Press and Moscow, ID: Institute for Pacific Northwest Studies, forthcoming.
-
"'Save French Pete': Evolution of Wilderness Protests in Oregon." In
Natural Protests: Essays on the History of American Environmentalism,
eds. Michael Egan and Jeff Crane, 223-44. New York: Routledge, 2009.
- Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books, ed. William Cronon. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2007. Publisher's webpage for the book.
-
Idaho: The Heroic Journey
(Boise: Idaho State Historical Society, 2006). Co-author with Katherine Aiken and Laura Woodworth-Ney.
- "The Ups and Downs of Mountain Life: Historical Patterns of Adaptation in the Cascade Mountains," Western Historical Quarterly 25, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 193-213.
- "'This is Just the First Round': Designating Wilderness in the Oregon Cascades, 1950-1964." Oregon Historical Quarterly 103, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 210-233.
Allan Christelow, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 2254 Middle Eastern Civilization
- HIST 2255 African History and Culture
- HIST 4435 Colonial Frontiers in America and Africa
- HIST 4474 Islam and Nationalism in the Modern World
- HIST 4478 Imperialism and Progressivism
- HIST 4491 Seminar
Representative Publications:
- Algerians Without Borders: The Making of a Global Frontier Society. Gainesville: Unversity Press of Florida, 2012.
- Thus Ruled Emir Abbas : Selected Cases from the Records of the Emir of Kano's Judicial Council
- Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria
Stephanie Christelow, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1101 Foundations of Europe
- HIST 2291 The Historian's Craft
- HIST 4437 Familes in Former Times
- HIST 4438 Women in Pre-Industrial Europe
- HIST 4441 The Viking Age
-
HIST 4446 Social and Economic History
of Greece and Rome - HIST 4448 Medieval Social and Economic History
Research Interests:
Anglo-Norman England; medieval social history; Greece and Rome.
Representative Publications:
- “Anglo-Norman Administrations and Their Historians.” History Compass 9, no. 7 (July 2011): 525–536. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2011.00786.x/full
- Royal Patronage and Social Rank in Anglo-Norman England (under consideration)
- An Annotated Translation of the Pipe Roll of 1130 (in preparation)
- "Names and Ethnicity in Anglo-Norman England," in Names and Naming Patterns, edited by Joel Rosenthal (SUNY Stony Brook) and David Postles (University of Leicester, UK) Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University.
- "Chancellors and Curial Bishops: Ecclesiastical Promotions and Power in Anglo-Norman England," Anglo-Norman Studies XXII (2000): 49-69.
- "The Royal Love in Anglo-Norman England: Fiscal or Courtly Concept." The Haskins Society Journal (1998): 37-52.
- "A Moveable Feast? Itineration and the Centralization of Government under Henry I." Albion 28 (Summer 1996): 187-228.
- "A Reevaluation of Royal Justice under Henry I of England." American Historical Review 93 (April 1988): 340-58.
Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 2291 The Historian's Craft
- HIST 3307 Early North America
- HIST 4418 U.S. History for Teachers
- HIST 4465 U.S. Political History
- HIST 4491 Seminar
Research Interests:
Early U.S., Thomas Jefferson, Idaho demographics and politics
Representative Publications:
- I Tremble for My Country: Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006.
- "'Answering the Call:' The First Inaugural Addresses of Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton." In The Romance of History: Essays in Honor of Lawrence S. Kaplan, eds. Scott L. Bills and E. Timothy Smith, 53-67. Kent State University Press, 1997.
- "Assessing the Meaning of Massacre: Boston (1770) and Kent State (1970)." Peace and Change 21 (Apr. 1996): 208-20.
Sarah Hinman, Ph.D.
Dr. Hinman is on leave for the 2012-2013 academic year
Assistant Professor
Director, Glenn E. Tyler Collection
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 2249 World Regional Geography
- HIST 4405 Urban History
- HIST 4479 Disease and U.S. Public Health
- HIST 4489 GIS for Social Sciences
- HIST 4490 Cartography: History and Design
- HIST 6610 GIS in Historical Studies
- HIST 6642 Conferences and Grants
Research Interests:
Historical geography and historical GIS; public health and medical geography; and urban-environment interaction.
Representative Publications:
- S.E. Hinman, J.K. Blackburn, and A. Curtis. 2006. "Spatial and temporal structure of typhoid outbreaks in Washington, D.C., 1906-1909: evaluating local clustering with the /G_i */ statistic." International Journal of Health Geographics 5:13.
Ryan T. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Teaching Responsibilities
Dr. Jones will teach a class examining comparative frontiers between Russia and the Americas in the summer 2012 semester.
- HIST 1102 Modern Europe
- HIST 3382 Russia
- HIST 4430 Global Environmental History
- HIST 4491 Seminar
Research Interests
Science and environment in the expansion of imperial Russia.
Representative Publications:
- “A 'Havock Made among Them': Island Biogeography, Empire, and Environmentalism in the Russian North Pacific, 1741-1810,” Environmental History 16, no. 4 (October 2011).
- “Lisiansky’s Mountain: Changing Views of Nature in Russian Alaska,” Alaska History 25, no. 1 (Spring 2010). Best Article Award from the Alaska Historical Society.
- “Steller and the Strange Beasts of the Sea.” In Kamchatka Expeditions in Historical Retrospective, edited by A.E. Ryazantsev. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, Russia: Kamchatka State University Press, 2007.
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Director,
Women Studies Program
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 3308 Industrialization and Reform in the United States
- HIST 4429 Foreign Relations since 1900
- HIST 4439 Women in History
Research Interests:
Reconciliation processes between the United States and Germany following World War I, with specific focus on women's roles in peacemaking.
Representative Publications:
- Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War. New York: NYU Press, 2012.
- Reconstructing Patriarchy after the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation Between Nations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- "American Doughboys and German Fräuleins: Sexuality, Patriarchy, and Privilege in the American-Occupied Rhineland, 1918-1923," Journal of Military History 71 (October 2007): 1077-1106
- Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895-1919. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
- A to Z of Women in World History. New York:Facts on File.
J. B. " Jack" Owens, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Research Professor
Teaching Responsibilities:
Dr. Owens is retired from full-time teaching.
Research Interests:
Dr. Owens's research focuses on early globalization (1400-1800), organized crime, sacred sites and religious devotions, political institutions and the exercise of public authority, Geographic Information Systems and the visualization of historical processes, and Spain.
Representative Publications:
- "By My Absolute Royal Authority": Justice and the Castilian Commonwealth at the Beginning of the First Global Age Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2005.
- Rebellion, Monarchy, and the Murcian Oligarchy in the Age of Charles V [in Spanish]. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, 1980.
- "An Introduction to the Glenn E. Tyler Collection (History and Philosophy of Medicine and Science)." In Trent Stephens (ed.), Science and Society, a special issue of Rendezvous: Idaho State University Journal of Arts and Letters; 25,1 (Fall 1989): 38-66.
- "Spanish Communist Poster Politics in the Transition to Democracy." In B. F. Taggie, R. W. Clement, and J. E. Caraway (eds.), Mediterranean Studies; 4 (Kirksville, MO: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1994): 183-214 [illustrated].
- "Routes: Teaching About Connections in World History." History Computer Review 19 (Spring 2003): 69-73.
Henry Stamm, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 2258 Native American History
- HIST 4421/5521 Federal Indian Relations
- HIST 4427/5527 North American West
Laura Woodworth-Ney, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Teaching Responsibilities:
Dr. Woodworth-Ney is not teaching in the department during her current administrative appointment.
Research Interests:
Federal Indian policy, federal reclamation policy, women, irrigation ideology, and irrigated settlement in the American West.
Representative Publications:
- Women in the American West. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008.
- Mapping Identity: The Creation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, 1805-1902. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2004.
- "Negotiating Boundaries of Territory and 'Civilization': The Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation Agreement Councils, 1873-1889." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 94, no. 1 (Winter 2002/2003): 27-39.
- "Water, Culture, and Progressive Politics: Albin C. and Elizabeth DeMary and the Struggle for Local Control of the Minidoka Reclamation Project, 1905-1920." In United States Bureau of Reclamation, A Century of Water for the West, 1902-2002. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2002.
Adjunct Faculty:
Kim Anglesey, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 2251 Latin America
- HIST 4405 Modern Latin America
Jeff Callis, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 1102 Modern Europe
Scott Emfield, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1101 Foundations of Europe
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
James Francis, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture
- HIST 4418 U.S. History for Teachers
Karen Leibert, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 3326 Twentieth-Century Europe
- HIST 4405/5505 Cold War and Nuclear Power
- HIST 4405/5505 Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Barry Maheras, M.A.
Senior Lecturer
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 US History and Culture
Darrell Reinke, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1101 Foundations of Europe
- HIST 1102 Modern Europe
- HIST 2291 Historian's Craft
- HIST 3318 History of Christianity
- HIST 3322 Religious Reformation and Conflict
- HIST 4405/5505 Agricultural History
- HIST 4405/5505 Age of Dante
Honoré Storms, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
- HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture