Faculty

Mikaëla M. Adams

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Native American History, Citizenship, Identity and Belonging, Tribal Sovereignty, Race Relations, South
Office: Bishop 328C | 662-915-1332 | mmadams at olemiss.edu

Deirdre Cooper Owens
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., UCLA
19th century U.S., Antebellum Slavery, Medicine, Women’s History
Office: 307 Bishop Hall | 662-915-6976 | dbowen at olemiss.edu

Jesse Cromwell
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Latin American History, Atlantic History, Comparative Empires, Maritime History, Smuggling and Piracy
Office: 311N Bishop Hall | cromwell at olemiss.edu

Oliver Dinius
Croft Associate Professor of History and International Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Modern South America
Office: Bishop 304 | 662-915-3791 | dinius at olemiss.edu

Charles W. Eagles
William F. Winter Professor of History
Ph.D., North Carolina
20th Century U.S., Race Relations, South
Office: Bishop 321| 662-915-7733 | eagles at olemiss.edu

Chiarella Esposito
Associate Professor
Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook
Modern Europe, Economic & Diplomatic
Office: 306 Bishop | 662-915-7568 | esposito at olemiss.edu

Lester L. Field, Jr.
Professor
Ph.D., UCLA
Middle Ages and Late Antiquity, Cultural and Intellectual History
Office: Bishop 330 | 662-915-667 | hsfield at olemiss.edu

Joshua First
Croft Assistant Professor of History and International Studies
Ph.D., University of Michigan
20th century Russia
Office: Bishop 319| 662-915-6946 | jfirst at olemiss.edu

Kees Gispen
Professor of History and Executive Director of the Croft Institute for International Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Germany, Social and Economic History
Office: Croft 313 | 662-915-1500| gispen at olemiss.edu

Susan R. Grayzel
Professor of History and Interim Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Modern Europe and Women
Office: Isom Center | 662-915-3455 | sgrayzelat olemiss.edu

Darren E. Grem
Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Religion, business, politics, and popular culture
Office: Bishop Hall 328B | 662-915-7734 | degrem at olemiss.edu

April Holm
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Nineteenth century United States, Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Christianity, and Slavery and Emancipation
Office: Bishop 318| 662-915-6945 | aholm at olemiss.edu

Joshua H. Howard
Croft Associate Professor of History and International Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
East Asian
Office: Bishop 313 | 662-915-5749 | jhhoward at olemiss.edu

Vivian Ibrahim
Croft Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of London
History of the Modern Middle East, religious and ethnic minorities, nationalism and political Islam
Office: Bishop 309 | 662-915-1991 | vibrahim at olemiss.edu

Marc H. Lerner
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Age of Revolution and Nationalism
Office: Bishop Hall 337 | 662-915-7529 | mlerner at olemiss.edu

Theresa H. Levitt
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Harvard University
Science and France
Office: 305 Bishop Hall | 662-915-3792 | tlevitt at olemiss.edu

Michael F. Metcalf
Interim Chair of Public Policy Leadership, Senior International Officer and Professor of History
Ph.D., Stockholms universitet
Early Modern Scandinavia
Office: 104 Odom| 662-915-7347 | mmetcalf at olemiss.edu

Michael V. Namorato
Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
20th Century U.S., Economic, Quantitative
Office: 314 Bishop Hall | 662-915-7488 | hsmvn at olemiss.edu

John R. Neff
Associate Professor of History and Director of The Center for Civil War Research
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
U.S. Civil War Era
Office: 322 Bishop Hall | 662-915-3969 | jneff at olemiss.edu

John Ondrovcik
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Modern Germany, social and cultural history of modern Europe
Office: 309A Bishop Hall | 662-915-7148 | ondrov at olemiss.edu

Ted M. Ownby
Professor of History and Southern Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
South, Religion, Popular Culture
Office: Barnard Observatory 209| 662-915-5993 | hsownby at olemiss.edu

Elizabeth A. Payne
Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
American Progressivism, Women, Religion
Office: 320 Bishop Hall | 662-915-7629 | epayne at olemiss.edu

Charles K. Ross
Associate Professor of History and Director of the African American Studies Program

Ph.D., Ohio State University
African American, U.S. 20th Century, Sports
Office: 309 Longstreet Hall | 662-915-5977 | cross at olemiss.edu

Mohammed Bashir Salau
Associate Professor
Ph.D., York University, Canada
Sub Saharan Africa
Office: 335 Bishop Hall | 662-915-5751 | bashir at olemiss.edu

Sheila L. Skemp
Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of American History
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Colonial and Revolutionary America, Intellectual, Women
Office: 323 Bishop Hall | 662-915-5868 | sskemp at olemiss.edu

Douglass Sullivan-González
Associate Professor of History and Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Latin America
Office: MBHC 104 | 662-915-7294 | dsg at olemiss.edu

Antoinette Sutto
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Princeton University
Colonial America
Office: Bishop 328A | 662-915-7016 | apsutto at olemiss.edu

Nicolas Trépanier
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Middle East
Office: 315 Bishop Hall | 662-915-5872 | ntrepani at olemiss.edu

Anne S. Twitty
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
American Slavery
Office: 303 Bishop Hall | 662-915-5360 | atwitty at olemiss.edu

Joseph P. Ward
Associate Professor and Chair, History Department
Ph.D., Stanford University
Tudor-Stuart Britain
Office: 310 Bishop Hall | 662-915-7148 | jward at olemiss.edu

Jeffrey R. Watt
Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Early Modern Europe, Family, Social
Office: 332 BishopHall | 662-915-5805 | hswatt at olemiss.edu

Charles R. Wilson
Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Chair in History and Professor of Southern Studies
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
South and American Religion
Office: 316 Bishop Hall | 662-915-1338 | crwilson at olemiss.edu

Noell Howell Wilson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
East Asia
Office: 311 Bishop Hall | 662-915-6977 | nrwilson at olemiss.edu

Matthew Bailey
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
U.S.
Office: Old Athletics 106 | 662-915-5439 | mmbaile1 at olemiss.edu

Telisha Dionne Bailey
Graduate Instructor
Office: 314 Longstreet | 662-915-5801 | tdbaile1 at go.olemiss.edu

Jeffrey Bourdon
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
U.S.
Office: Sommerville | 662-915-7148 | jbourdon at olemiss.edu

Jack Carey
Graduate Instructor

Office: Old Athletics 104 | 662-915-5427 | tjcarey at go.olemiss.edu

Enrique Cotelo
Adjunct Instructor of History and Lecturer of Spanish
Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Office: Bondurant E-115 | 662-915-7298 | ecotelo at olemiss.edu

Sara Babcox First
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
American cultural & intellectual
Office: Desoto Campus | sbfirst at olemiss.edu

Robert L. Fleegler
Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Brown University
United States
Office: DeSoto Campus Student Services Center | fleegler at olemiss.edu

Kevin Harrell
Graduate Instructor
United States
Office: Bishop 309 | 662-915-1260 | ktharrel at go.olemiss.edu

William P. Hustwit
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
United States
Office: Bishop 309 | 662-915-1260 | wphustwi at olemiss.edu

Courtney Kneupper
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Religious and Cultural History of the Late Middle Ages, with a special focus on heresy, prophecy, and religious dissent
Office: Bishop 317 | 662-915-1260 | fckneupp at olemiss.edu

Christopher A. Luse
Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Emory University
American History
Office: Tupelo 337C | caluse at olemiss.edu

Amanda Nagel
Graduate Instructor

American History
Office: Bishop 312 | 662-915-1804 | amnagel at go.olemiss.edu

Douglas Porter
Graduate Instructor

American History
Office: Bishop 309 | 662-915-1260 | drporter at go.olemiss.edu

Melinda C. Rice
Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D., UCLA
European History
Office: Desoto Campus | mcrice1 at olemiss.edu

Gregory Richard
Graduate Instructor

American History
Office: Bishop 312 662-915-1804 | glrichar at go.olemiss.edu

Wendy Smith
Adjunct Instructor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Office: Old Athletics 106 662-915-5439 | wdsmith at olemiss.edu