UT History Department: Faculty List

Robert H. Abzug

Professor; Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor; Dir. Schusterman Ctr. for Jewish Studies

zug@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7240 | GAR 2.108

Education

Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, Berkeley

Kamran Aghaie

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

kamranaghaie@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6400 | WMB 6.102

Education

Ph.D., 1999, University of California at Los Angeles

Daina Ramey Berry

Associate Professor

drb@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-3261 | GAR 1.104

Education

Ph.D., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles

Douglas G. Biow

Professor, Superior Oil Company-Linward Shivers Cenntenial Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Director of the Center for European Studies

biow@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-7267; 512-232-3470 | HRH 2.110B

Education

Ph.D., 1990, Johns Hopkins University

Miriam Bodian

Professor

bodian@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4358 | GAR 2.104A

Education

Ph.D., 1988, Hebrew University

William R. Braisted

Professor Emeritus

512-453-8013

Education

Ph.D., 1950, University of Chicago

H.W. Brands

Professor; Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor

hwbrands@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7238 | GAR 3.306

Education

Ph.D., 1985, University of Texas at Austin

Benjamin Claude Brower

Assistant Professor

benbrower@utexas.edu | 512-475-6813 | GAR 3.204

Education

Ph.D., 2005, Cornell University

Jonathan C. Brown

Professor

jcbrown@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7218 | GAR 1.114

Education

Ph.D., 1976, University of Texas at Austin

Norman D. Brown (Retired)

Professor; Barbara White Stuart Centennial Professor in Texas History

Education

Ph.D., 1963, University of North Carolina

Erika M. Bsumek

Associate Professor

embsumek@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7253 | GAR 2.104C

Education

Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University

Matthew J. Butler

Associate Professor

mbutler@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7972 | GAR 3.414

Don E. Carleton

Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Briscoe Center for American History

d.carleton@austin.utexas.edu | 512-495-4684 | SRH 2.101

Education

Ph.D., 1978, University of Houston

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

Professor; Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History

canizares-esguerra@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7694 | GAR 2.140

Ruramisai Charumbira

Assistant Professor

r-c@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-8361 | GAR 0.134

Education

PhD., Yale University

Sally H. Clarke

Professor

sclarke@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7241 | GAR 3.114

Education

Ph.D., 1987, Brown University

Judith G. Coffin

Associate Professor

jcoffin@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7235 | GAR 2.206

Education

Ph.D., 1985, Yale University

David Crew

Professor; Distinguished Teaching Professor

dfcrew@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7232 | GAR 2.126

Education

Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University

Alfred W. Crosby Jr.

Professor Emeritus

crosby@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-7277

Education

Ph.D., 1961, Boston University

Janet M. Davis

Associate Professor

janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1848 | BUR 432

Education

Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Francoise M. De Backer

Faculty

fdb@mail.utexas.edu

Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Susan Deans-Smith

Associate Professor

sdsmith@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7205 | GAR 3.302

Education

Ph.D. 1984, Cambridge University

Latin American History; 19th Century Colombia History; U.S. – Latin American Relations; Science, Technology, and Medicine in Latin America; Gender, Race, and Class in Latin American History; History of Geography and Cartography

Yoav Di-Capua

Associate Professor

ydi@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7259 | GAR 0.136

Education

Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University

Robert A. Divine

Professor Emeritus; George W. Littlefield Professor Emeritus in American History

rdivine@austin.rr.com

Education

Ph.D., 1954, Yale University

Toyin Falola

Professor; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professorship; Distinguished Teaching Prof.

toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7224 | GAR 2.142

Education

Ph.D., 1981, University of Ife

Hafez Farmayan

Professor Emeritus

farmayan@mail.utexas.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1953, Georgetown University

Neil Foley

Professor

nfoley@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7252 | GAR 3.412

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan

George B. Forgie

Associate Professor and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor

forgie@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7231 | GAR 3.212

Education

Ph.D., 1972, Stanford University

Alison K. Frazier

Associate Professor

akfrazier@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6375 | GAR 2.148

Education

Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University

Seth W. Garfield

Associate Professor

sgarfield@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7269 / 512-232-2414 | GAR 2.120 / SRH 1.304A

Virginia Garrard-Burnett

Professor and Associate Chair

garrard@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7822 | GAR 2.204

Education

Ph.D., 1986, Tulane University

Frank Gavin

Faculty

fgavin@mail.utexas.edu

Tiffany M. Gill

Associate Professor

tmgill@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-3261 | GAR 1.104

Education

Ph.D., 2003, Rutgers University

Interests

Modern U.S. History, African American History, Women's History, History of the African Diaspora, Business and Economic History

William H. Goetzmann (Deceased Sept. 7, 2010)

Professor Emeritus; Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair Emeritus in History and American Studies

goetzmann@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-6171

Education

Ph.D., 1957, Yale University

Lewis L. Gould

Professor Emeritus; Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History

lgould@austin.rr.com | 512-453-2602

Richard Graham

Professor Emeritus; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor Emeritus in History

rgraham@mail.utexas.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1961, University of Texas at Austin

Laurie B. Green

Associate Professor

lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7245 | GAR 2.116

Education

Ph.D., 1999, University of Chicago

Frank A. Guridy

Associate Professor; Director, John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies

fguridy@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7267 | GAR 2.202/ JES A232

Education

Ph.D., 2002, History, University of Michigan

Michael G. Hall

Professor Emeritus

mghall@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6785 | HRC 3.102G

Education

Ph.D., 1956, Johns Hopkins University

Julie Hardwick

Professor; Director, Institute for Historical Studies

jhardwick@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7221 | GAR 3.112

Education

Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University

Antony G. Hopkins

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair of History

tony.hopkins@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7236 | GAR 3.310

Education

Ph.D., 1964, University of London

Madeline Y. Hsu

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Asian American Studies

myhsu@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7850 | GAR 3.222 / GRG 220

Education

Ph.D., Yale University, 1996

Bruce J. Hunt

Associate Professor

bjhunt@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-6109 | GAR 2.106

Education

Ph.D., 1984, Johns Hopkins University

Interests

History of science and technology

Jacqueline Jones

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History, Ideas; Mastin Gentry White Prof. of So. History

jjones@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4193 | GAR 2.109

Education

Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Neil D. Kamil

Associate Professor

kamil@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6110 | GAR 2.146

Education

Ph.D., 1989, Johns Hopkins University

John E. Lamphear

Professor Emeritus

lamphear@mail.utexas.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1972, University of London

Clarence G. Lasby

Professor Emeritus

clasby@austin.rr.com

Education

Ph.D., 1962, University of California, Los Angeles

Mark Atwood Lawrence

Associate Professor

malawrence@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-9304 | GAR 3.220

Education

Ph.D., 1999, Yale University

Brian P. Levack

Professor; John E. Green Regents Professor in History; Distinguished Teaching Professor

levack@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7204 | GAR 3.502

Education

Ph.D., 1970, Yale University

Philippa Levine

Professor; Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professorship in the Humanities; Co-Director British Studies Program

philippa@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1236 | HRC 3.202B

Education

D.Phil., 1984, Oxford University (St. Antony's College)

Huaiyin Li

Associate Professor

hli@utexas.edu | 512-475-7910 | GAR 3.202

Education

Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los Angeles

Interests

Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; imperial China; gender and family; agrarian studies; Chinese culture and religions; and comparative studies of development and globalization.