History Department

Chair: Ismail O. D. Rashid;

Professors: Nancy Bisaha, Robert K. Brigham, Mita Choudhury, Lydia Murdoch, Ismail O. D. Rashid, Joshua Schreier^a;

Associate Professors: Michaela Pohl; 

Assistant Professors: Yu-chi Chang^b, Whitney Fields, Daniel Mendiola^b, Ashanti Shih, Noel Smyth^a, Anna Solovy;

Adjunct Associate Professor: Ronald Patkus.

^a On leave 2026/27, first semester

^b On leave 2026/27, second semester

Advisers: The department.

Programs

Major

• •  History Major

Correlate Sequence in History

• •  History Correlate Sequence

Courses

History: III. Advanced

• •  HIST 385 - Colonialism, Nationalism, and Social Identities in the Modern Middle East
• •  HIST 386 - Central Asia and the Caucasus: Nation Building and Human Rights
• •  HIST 391 - Independent Study - Thesis Preparation and Methodology
• •  HIST 392 - Independent Study - Senior Thesis
• •  HIST 399 - Senior Independent Work