Alan Tully, Chair
GAR 1.104, Mailcode B7000, Austin, Texas 78712 • 512-471-3261
Graduate Student List
Jessica Achberger
Graduate student
jessica_achberger@mail.utexas.edu | Burdine 302
Interests
20th Century Sub-Saharan African History (focus on Central/ Southern Africa), China in Africa, Cold War in Africa, International Diplomatic History, Communist China’s Third-world Foreign Policy, Neo-Imperialism, Globalization, Development and AidLady Jane Acquah
Graduate student
Education
B.A. (HONS), HISTORY; MPHIL (HISTORY), UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, GHANAMaria Jose Afanador
Graduate student
Interests
Natural history, the history of science, nineteenth century political and cultural history, the history of representations about nature, cartography, political economy and geopoliticsChristine Baker
Graduate student
christinedbaker@gmail.com | FAC 27
Education
M.A. Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas
Interests
medieval Middle East, Shi'ism, articulations of political and religious legitimacy and authority, orthodoxy/heterodoxyJuandrea Bates
Graduate student
juandreabates@gmail.com | Burdine 416
Education
M.A. in History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin American History, particularly Argentina. Experiences of childhood, changing defintitions of family, processes of social reproduction and immigration.Chyna Bowen
Graduate student
Education
B.A. in History, Washington University in St. Louis
Interests
Gender and slavery, Black criminality in the Antebellum South, Diaspora and Atlantic studies, and Historical memoryBenjamin Breen
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
Interests
History of science and medicine in the Portuguese and British empires, environmental history, indigenous history, print/visual/material culture.Dolph Briscoe
Graduate student
dbriscoe@utexas.edu | GAR 0.122
Education
Master of Arts (History), Baylor University
Interests
Texas; Twentieth Century United StatesEmily Brownell
Graduate student
ebrownell@mail.utexas.edu | Burdine 408
Education
M.A. in History, University of Delaware
Interests
Urban History, Environmental History, East Africa, History of International Waste Trading, Transnational Environments, PovertyMatthew Bunn
Graduate student
matthewbunn@utexas.edu | Burdine 302/ Caffe Medici
Interests
modern European intellectual and cultural history, censorship and public communication, Germany before unificationZachary Carmichael
Graduate student
Education
M.A. (History), Miami University
Interests
Seventeenth-century Early Modern world - taverns, coffeehouses, print culture, space, commodities, masculinityShery Chanis
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of South Florida
Interests
Early Modern Europe, Imperial China, CartographyWilliam Chriss
Graduate student
Education
J.D., Harvard
Interests
Legal History & Constitutional Law, American History, Western History, Texas History, Byzantine History and Canon Law, Military History, Ancient Greek and Roman HistoryDavid Conrad
Graduate student
davidconrad@utexas.edu | GAR 0.116
Interests
United States, Japan, East and Southeast Asia, international relations, agricultural history, history of science, history of popular cultureFelipe Cruz
PhD Candidate
Education
M.A. in History, University of Texas-Austin
Interests
My dissertation focuses on the history of aviation in Brazil, its cultural manifestations (airmindedness) and its impact on state building and frontier expansion. More broadly, I am interested in the transnational history of technology, the history of meteorologic sciences, and environmental history (especially water management in Brazil).Zachary Doleshal
Graduate student
rastislav@msn.com | Garrison 3.216
Interests
I am interested in the limits of action in rationalizing milieus. Specifically, I study the intersection between urban planning, technology, and tradition in company towns. I am also committed to instructional development, and have participated in a number of teaching workshops.Stephen Dove
Graduate student
Education
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary
Interests
Religion in the Americas, International Cultural Exchange, Religion and National Identity, Central American HistoryReem Elghonimi
Graduate student
Education
B.S., Information Systems; M.A., Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas
Interests
Cultural and Intellectual History; Islam in Europe and America; Andalusi Studies; early modern Britain; gender, medicine and lawLizeth Elizondo
Graduate student
Education
M.A. Latin American Studies, California State University, San Diego
Interests
Colonial Latin American History, Family History, Women, Gender, Religion, Sexuality, The Spanish Colonial Borderlands (Texas/Louisiana/Northern Mexico regions).Kristie Flannery
Graduate student
Education
Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences, Honours (Class I) in History, University of Sydney
Interests
Colonial Latin America, Atlantic World, rebellion, revolution and popular protestJulia M Gossard
Supplemental Instructor, The Thomas Jefferson Center for Core Texts & Ideas
jgossard@utexas.edu | Burdine 304
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Early Modern France; Education; Childhood & Family; Women & Gender; 17th-Century Society & CultureRyan Groves
Graduate student
rdgroves3@yahoo.com | BUR 304
Education
M.A., University of Central Florida
Interests
Popular music in Southern Africa, urban historyPeter Hamilton
Graduate student
peter.e.hamilton@gmail.com | BUR 306
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, B.A, Yale CollegeLauren Hammond
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin American History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin American History; African-American History; U.S.-Latin American relations; race and nation building; race and sports; dictatorship in Latin America.Christopher Heaney
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Yale University
Interests
At UT, Heaney studies the history of archaeology and indigenous peoples in the Americas, particularly Peru, knowledge production in the Atlantic World, museum-building, race and nation-building, and grave-robbing, the world's second-oldest profession.Franz Hensel Riveros
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Anthropology, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
Interests
I'm following the fantastic intercontinental debate around the "Latin" or "Hispanic" character of nineteenth-century America. After the revolutionary wave, more than scattered nations were in the making; a continent was also in construction. My dissertation tells this story, and the fundamental struggles about the past and the future that all of that entailed.Rachel Herrmann
Graduate student
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin, BA in history and English, Vassar College
Interests
Food history, Native American history, slavery, and the American Revolution; teaching, pedagogy, and technology in the classroomMohammed Hadi Hosainy
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in History, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Interests
history of the Middle East, Islamic law, genderJames Hudson
Graduate student
Interests
My primary focus in on modern China, with interest in late 19th, early 20th century urban China, specifically Hunan's capital city of Changsha. I am also interested in nationalism, state making, and visual culture.Jonathan Hunt
Graduate student
Education
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
My dissertation examines how the international community responded to a global movement to delegitimize the use and acquisition of nuclear weapons and constructed the nuclear nonproliferation regime that today affords the primary defense against nuclear anarchy. The project raises key questions about our notions of power, security, and law during the Cold War.Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez
Graduate student
rirlawyer@gmail.com | 512.477.7991 (office) 512.507.6066 (cell) | 1103 Nueces Street, Austin, Texas 78701
Interests
The American Civil War, Lincoln, The Politics of Slavery, The American Revolution, British HistoryJames Jenkins
Graduate student
Education
BA, Northern Arizona University
Interests
Global indigenous movement, Great Lakes borderlandsNathan Jennings
Graduate student
Interests
19th Century Texas History; American Civil War; Western ImperialismMonica Jimenez
Graduate student
Education
J.D. and M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
U.S. Empire, U.S. influence in the Caribbean, Legal history of the U.S. and Puerto Rico, political movements, race and nation buildingNaoko Kato
Graduate student
Interests
Transnational networks, Pan-Asianism, Japanese Christians in the 20th centurySean Killen
Graduate student
Education
M.A. - South Asian Studies (The University of Wisconsin at Madison), M.A. - Psychology (Brandeis University)
Interests
Modern India, British Empire, Imperial and International Legal history, GlobalizationJack Loveridge
Graduate student
Education
M.Phil. Development Studies, University of Oxford
Interests
British Imperialism, South Asia, Economic Development, International Relations, Globalization, Colonial Medicine, Science & TechnologyJessica Luther
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
17th-century Caribbean, early modern science, the body, slavery, English empire, literary theory, gender historyValerie Martínez
Graduate student
Education
M.A (History), Texas Tech University
Interests
Mexican-American/Latino History; Borderlands; Women and Gender's Studies; Labor; Military History; Race, Ethnicity, IdentityAdrian Masters
Graduate student
Interests
Romance and American languages, cultural history, Central American society, Latin American music history, colonial life in the AmericasBrian McNeil
Graduate student
brianmcneil@utexas.edu | Bur 306
Education
M.A., Mississippi State University
Interests
U.S. Foreign Policy; Nigerian Civil War and Biafra; Africa; Globalization; Human Rights; The 1960s and Protest PoliticsCristina Metz
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego
Interests
Human rights, state violence, historical memory, politics of truth, 20th-C. Central American dictatorships and revolutionAragorn Storm Miller
Graduate student
Interests
U.S.-Latin American relations during the Cold War, Communism and Anti-Communism, guerilla warfare and counterinsurgency, the politics of the American South, the Civil Rights movementCheasty Miller
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas
Interests
Public Health, Central American revolutions, international Cold War policies, transnational networksKelli Mosteller
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas - Austin
Interests
Native American history, race, identity, citizenship, Indian policy, cultural significance of landElizabeth Nutting
Graduate student
Education
MA, University of Texas, Austin
Interests
Al-Andalus, Andalusian diaspora, North Africa, Spain, Spanish empire, early modern Mediterranean, women and family, labor history, material cultureJulia Ogden
Graduate student
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
The lived experience of childhood in Latin America, ideas of child sexuality, gender norms and generational relationships, and state formation.Rachel Ozanne
Graduate student
rachel.ozanne@gmail.com | BUR 304
Education
MA, University of Texas
Interests
19th century religion in the United States; theory of religion and religious experiences; intellectual history; history of psychology; ethicsAdam Paddock
PhD Candidate
apaddock@mail.utexas.edu | 310 Burdine
Interests
Africa, Child labor, Economics, World History, Globalization, ImperialismMarc-William Palen
Graduate student
Education
Ph.D., History; M.A., History; B.A., Classics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
American History, 1492-present; U.S. Foreign Relations; U.S and the World; History of Globalization; Imperial Theory; British Empire, 1846-1946; Anglo-American RelationsR. Joseph Parrott
Graduate student
Education
Master of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Interests
American Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy and International Relations, Cold War Africa, Late Lusophone Colonialism, Decolonization, International Civil RightsHelen Pho
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Yale University
Interests
20th-century U.S. and international history, U.S. foreign policy, Cold War, Vietnam War, Southeast AsiaAva Purkiss
Graduate student
Education
M.A., African New World Studies, Florida International University
Interests
Modern U.S. History, African American History, Women's History, African DiasporaMichelle Reeves
Graduate student
Education
M.A., History, California State University Northridge
Interests
U.S. foreign policy, Soviet foreign policy, the Cold War in the Third World, U.S.-Latin American relations, Soviet-Latin American relations, guerrilla movements and counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, the international drug warChristopher Rose
Graduate student
csrose@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3582 | WMB 6.146A
Education
MA, Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Egypt in the Islamic period; development and urbanization in pre-modern Cairo; Mediterranean world systems; social studies education and curriculum developmentDanielle Sanchez
Graduate student
Interests
Francophone Africa, colonialism, fashion and dress culture.Michael Schmidt
Graduate student
Interests
20th Century Germany, the History of Listening, Jazz and Popular MusicBlake Scott
Graduate student
blakescott@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 310
Education
MA in History, University of Georgia
Interests
Latin America & the Caribbean; history of tourism & travel; environmental history; transnational commodity chains; U.S-Latin American relationsEdward Shore
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Boston College
Interests
20th Century Latin America; revolution and state violence; narcotrafficking; urban youth, marginality, crime, and street gangsTrevor M Simmons
Graduate student
trevor.m.simmons@utexas.edu | Burdine 302
Interests
The British Empire, Global and Transnational History, Modern Britain, East Africa, History of TourismYana Skorobogatov
Yana Skorobogatov
yana.skorobogatov@mail.utexas.edu
Education
B.A., History, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
United States after 1865; United States foreign policy; Soviet domestic and foreign policy; the Cold War; human rights; intellectuals as political non-state actors.Angela Smith
Graduate Research Assistant for IHS
asmith5@austin.rr.com | 512-471-1362 | GAR 4.104
Education
M.A. History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
The history of science, natural philosophy, technology, and medicine, including early-modern man-midwifery, pre-Darwinian evolutionary theory, the philosophy of pseudosciences, and the interrelationship between science and religion in Victorian Britain.Sarah Steinbock-Pratt
Graduate student
Education
M.A. American History, Concordia University, Montreal
Interests
Modern U.S. History, the history of empire, race, and gender, the Pacific world, U.S. in the world, migration and immigration, the history of educationLior Sternfeld
Graduate student
lior@utexas.edu | FAC 27 (or more likely at Cafe Medici)
Education
M.A, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Interests
Social History, Modern Iranian politics, Left movements in the Middle East, Grassroots movements in the Middle East, Transnational Hisotry.Jermaine Thibodeaux
Graduate student
Education
A.B., Cornell University
Interests
Southern history, slavery and emancipation, manhood and masculinitiesSundara Vadlamudi
Graduate student
sundar_v@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 308
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Modern South Asia - religion, social reform, trading communities, and migrationDavid Villarreal
Graduate student
david.villarreal@utexas.edu | BUR 302
Education
A.B., Harvard University, M.A., Texas A&M UniversityEyal Weinberg
Graduate student
Interests
Modern Latin American history: 20th century Brazil, Social protests, State violence, Dictatorships/military governments periodAndrew Weiss
Graduate student
a.e.weiss@hotmail.com | GAR 0.116
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin America; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mexico; Mexican Local Religion; Mexican Church-State Conflict/Relations; Postrevolutionary Mexican State Formation; Priista Mexico; Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern Europe; Ancient Greece; United States History; Global HistoryPeter Weiss
Graduate student
poweiss@gmail.com | BUR 310
Education
BA, Amherst College
Interests
U.S. Legal History; U.S. Cultural History; Migration, Citizenship and National Identity; BorderlandsDaniel Wold
Graduate student
Interests
British Empire, Internationalism and International Governments, Interwar PeriodLaurie Wood
Graduate student
Interests
French Colonization and Empire, Atlantic & Indian Oceans, Early America, Comparative History, Business History, Legal Theory and Practice, Families, Networks of Knowledge and PowerSusan Zakaib
Graduate student
Education
BA (History), Dalhousie University
