Faculty

Faculty, Department of History

J. Holt Merchant, Professor and Department Head, University Marshal; 19th and 20th century
U.S. South, Civil War & Reconstruction, American Constitution
        Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1976
        540-463-8778; merchanth@wlu.edu
Richard H. Bidlack, Associate Professor; Russian and Soviet history
        Ph.D. Indiana University, 1987
        540-463-8912; bidlackr@wlu.edu; Russian studies
Michael Burleigh, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of European History; Modern Germany, Modern European history [on leave, 2001-2002]
         Ph.D. Bedford College, University of London, 1982
         540-463-8772; burleighm@wlu.edu
Theodore DeLaney, Associate Professor; African American history, U.S. 1800-1840, U.S. Since 1945, Slavery, Native Americans [on leave, Winter 2002]
        Ph.D. William and Mary, 1995
        540-463-8963; delaneyt@wlu.edu
Jefferson Davis Futch, III, Professor; Europe since 1815, Venetian history, History of the Papacy
        Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1962
        540-463-8773
Doina P. Harsanyi, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2001-2002, French History
        Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2001
Roger Jeans, Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of East Asian History; Chinese and Japanese history [on leave Fall 2001]
        Ph.D. George Washington University, 1974
        540-463-8777; jeansr@wlu.edu; East Asian Studies
Barry Machado, Professor; Modern U.S. history, U.S. business history, U.S. diplomatic and military history
        Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1975
        540-463-8779; machadob@wlu.edu
Robert W. McAhren, Professor; U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary history to 1800, U.S. social and intellectual history
        Ph.D. University of Texas, 1967
        540-463-8774; mcahrenb@wlu.edu
J. David Parker, Associate Professor; Latin American history
        Ph.D. University of Washington, 1982
        540-463-8780; parkerd@wlu.edu
David S. Peterson, Associate Professor; Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Reformation
        Ph.D. Cornell University, 1985
        540-463-8094; petersond@wlu.edu
H.P. Porter, Professor; History of Canada, Australia, India, Sub-Saharan Africa
        Ph.D. Duke University, 1965
        540-463-8775; porterh@wlu.edu
I. Taylor Sanders, Professor and University Historian; Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, British history
        Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1972
        540-463-8776
Roberta Senechal de la Roche, Associate Professor; U.S. social history, History of Violence, Gilded Age, and U.S. women’s history.
        Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1986
        540-463-8456; senechalr@wlu.edu
Devin Fergus, Visiting Professor; African American History, U.S. History
        ABD Columbia University
        540-463-8770; fergusd@wlu.edu

Emeritus Faculty:
Lamar J. R. Cecil, emeritus William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of European History; Modern Germany, Italian Renaissance
        Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1962
H. Marshall Jarrett, Professor Emeritus; French Revolution and Napoleon, European intellectual history
        Ph.D. Duke University, 1962
William A. Jenks, emeritus William R. Kennan, Jr., Professor of European History; Austrian, German and Russian history
        Ph.D. Columbia University

Staff
Jennifer Ashworth, Secretary
540-463-8771; ashworthj@wlu.edu

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