Charlene Boyer Lewis
Larry J. Bell ’80 Distinguished Chair in American History
Director of American Studies and of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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269.337.7058
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Credentials:
Ph.D., with distinction, University of Virginia
M.A. The American University
B.A., Kalamazoo College
Christina B. Carroll
(On Sabbatical 2023-2024)
Associate Professor of History
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269.337.7056
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M.A.,Ph.D. – in European History/Global History, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
B.A. Vassar College
Akil Cornelius
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Phone:
269.337.5785
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PhD in History, Michigan State University
MA Peace and Conflict Studies, Norwich University
BA Political Science, Washington College
Phone:
269.337.7442
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Ph.D., Columbia University
B.A., Wittenberg University
Taylor Gombos
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Phone:
269.337.7123
Email:
Taylor.Gombos@kzoo.edu
Credentials:
Ph.D., in History, New York University
M.A. in Central European History, Central European University
M.A. in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago
B.A. History, University of Wisconsin-Superior
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269.337.5789
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Jeffrey Haus received his Ph.D. in Modern Jewish History from Brandeis University in 1997. His teaching focuses on the history of the Jewish people in Europe and America. He is the author of Challenges of Equality: Judaism, State, and Education in Nineteenth-Century France (Wayne State University Press, 2009), as well as several articles exploring the history of French Jewry. He also served as guest-editor for issue of the CCAR Journal commemorating the bicentennial of the Paris San Hedrin (Winter 2007). His current research examines the relationship between Jews and money in modern France.
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269.337.5791
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Credentials:
Ph.D., History, University of Virginia
M.A., History, The American University
B.A., Government, College of William and Mary
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269.337.7123
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Ph.D., History, Duke University
M.A., History, Duke University
M.A., Education, University of Florida
B.A., Education, University of Florida
Emeriti faculty
David Barclay
Margaret and Roger Scholten Professor of International Studies, Emeritus
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Ph.D., History, Stanford University
M.A., History, University of Florida
B.A., History, University of Florida
Lisa Brock
Professor of History, Emerita
Specialty in African and African Diaspora History
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Ph.D. in African History, Northwestern University
M.A. in African History, secondary area Latin American History, Northwestern University
B.A. in History, Howard University
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Ph.D. Yale University
M.A. Yale University
B.A. Michigan State University (magna cum laude)
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Ph.D. Yale University
M.A. Yale University
B.A. Michigan State University (magna cum laude)
David Strauss
Professor of History, Emeritus (Fall 1974-Fall 2002)
Director of American Studies, 1976-2002
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