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History

History Faculty

The History Department consists of full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and an administrative staff. Our dynamic community of scholars engages in a wide range of research pursuits that currently stretches from the medieval period to the twenty-first century.  They utilize distinct thematic orientations and theoretical approaches to explore geographic regions that include Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and the United States.

 
 

Faculty Member

Field of Interest

Blain Roberts

Blain Roberts, PhD

Professor and Department Chair

broberts@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS101

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MW 2:00-2:50 pm

 

Twentieth-Century U.S. Women's and Gender History; U.S. Cultural History; American South; Memory; Historical Tourism
Lori Clune

Lori Clune, PhD

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

lclune@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS128

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

M 2:00-4:00 pm
W 10:00-noon 
and by appt

Global Cold War; U.S. Diplomatic History; Propaganda; Espionage; Video Game History
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Mark Arvanigian, PhD

Professor

marvanig@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS121

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

W noon-2:00 pm
F 10:00-11:00 am
and by appt

Medieval Europe; Britain to 1600
Rowena Bermio

Rowena Bermio

Lecturer

rbermio@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG141E

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

by appt

Early Modern Europe; Cultural History; U.S. History; Religion; Medieval Art History
Stephen Bohigian

Stephen Bohigian, PhD

Lecturer

stephenbohigian@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG141F

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MW 10:00-10:50 am

Policing; Race; Criminal Justice; Urban History; Surveillance
Daniel Cady

Daniel Cady, PhD

Associate Professor

dcady@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS116

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

TTh 12:00-2:00 pm
T 5:00-5:30 pm
and by appt

Twentieth-Century U.S.; American Music; Oral History
Allen Carden

Allen Carden, PhD

Lecturer

acarden@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

by appt

Colonial America; Colonial Latin America; American Revolution; American Slavery; Licoln; American Civil War; American Presidency
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Vernon Creviston

Lecturer

vcreviston@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG 141F

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MTWF 11:00-12:00

 
John Farrell

John Farrell, PhD

Lecturer

jfarrell@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS117

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MWF 10:00-10:45 am
TTh 8:30-9:15 am

Modern Europe/Russia; Social Memory; Historical Preservation; Racial/Social Equality; Human Rights
Jill Fields

Jill Fields, PhD

Professor

jfields@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS123

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

TTh 2:00-3:00, 4:45-5:15
and by appt

Modern U.S.; U.S. Women's History; U.S. Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Jewish Studies
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Matthew Ford, PhD

Lecturer

mford02@mail.fresnostate.edu

 

Office: 

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

Modern Latin America
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Jose Garza

Lecturer

josegarza@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

U.S. History Civil Rights History; African-American History; Social Revolutions and the History of Marginalized Communities
Brian Griffith

Brian Griffith, PhD

Assistant Professor

brianjgriffith@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS118

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

Th 11:00am-1:00 pm

Political / Cultural History of Italian Fascism; Food and Beverage History; History of (Trans)nationalism; Digital and Public History
Mildred Jessie

Mildred Denise Jessie

Lecturer

mjessie@csufresno.edu

 

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

By appt (Zoom)

 
Brad Jones

Brad Jones, PhD

Professor

brajones@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS124

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

M 2:00-3:00 pm

Colonial and Revolutionary America; The Atlantic World; 18th-century British Empire; Popular Politics
Danny Kim

Danny Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

danielkim@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS119

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

TTH 11:00-1:00 pm

Colonial Period Korea; Taisho Japan; Gender and Feminism; Literature
Ethan Kytle

Ethan Kytle, PhD

Professor

ekytle@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS127

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

M 12:00-2:45 pm

Nineteenth-Century America; Intellectual and Cultural History; Civil War and Reconstruction; Slavery and Abolition; U.S. South; Historical Memory; Civil Rights Movement
Maria-Aparecida Lopes

Maria-Aparecida Lopes, PhD

Professor

mlopes@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS216

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MW 11:00- 12:00, 2:00-3:00

19th and 20th Century Latin America, Mexico, and Brazil
Maritere Lopez

Maritere Lopez, PhD

Professor and Chair, University Graduate Committee

mariterel@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS120

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

M 11:00-12:00
and by appt

Renaissance/Reformation; Early Modern Women/Gender; Friendship & Love in the Renaissance; Early Modern Manners and Conduct Manuals
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Lars Maischak, PhD

Lecturer

lars_maischak@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

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Victoria Malko

Victoria Malko, PhD

Lecturer

vmalko@csufresno.edu

 

Office: PB409

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

MTWThF 2:00-3:00pm (Zoom)

U.S. History; World History; Soviet and Post-Soviet History; Holodomor Genocide Studies
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Joseph Orbock

Lecturer

jorbock@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

 

 
DeAnna Reese

DeAnna Reese, PhD

Professor

dreese@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS125

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

W 2:00-5:00 pm

Twentieth-Century U.S. African American Women; Social Urban History
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Alicia Rivera, PhD

Lecturer

alrivera@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

T 12:00-2:00 pm
Th 1:00-2:00 pm
and by appt

 
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Elvia Rodriguez, PhD

Lecturer

elviarodriguez@csufresno.edu

 

Office: NG 141E

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

by appt

 
Julia Shatz

Julia Shatz, PhD

Assistant Professor

jshatz@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS126

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

W 1:00-2:00 pm
Th 1:00-2:30 pm
and by appt

The Modern Middle East; British Empire/History of colonialism; Transnational History; History of Childhood/Child Welfare; Global Humanitarianism
Bill Skuban

William Skuban, PhD

Professor

weskuban@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS117

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

T 1:00-2:00 pm 
and by appt 

Latin American History; U.S. Latin American Relations; Nationalism, National Identity, and Nation-State Formation; Church-State Relations in Latin America
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Robin Sischo

Lecturer

rsischo@csufresno.edu

 

Office: S162

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

by appt

 
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Sean Slusser

Lecturer

seslusser@csufresno.edu

 

Office: SS129

Spring 2024 Office Hours:

M 2:00-3:30 pm (Zoom)
T 3:00-4:00 pm (Zoom)
and by appt

 

 


 

Faculty Emeritus 

Malik Simba 2020

Malik Simba

Malik Simba, PhD
University of Minnesota

Area of Expertise:

Constitutional History, African-American History, History in Film. Professor's Web Page