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Department of History
University of Mississippi

Faculty


Robert Colby

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Civil War Era in the United States
Bishop Hall 312  |  662-915-3177
rcolby@olemiss.edu


Jesse Cromwell

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Colonial Latin America, Caribbean, Atlantic World, Trade and Migration
Bishop Hall 311  |  662-915-7105
cromwell@olemiss.edu


Oliver Dinius

Croft Associate Professor of History & International Studies & Executive Director of Croft Institute
Ph.D., Harvard University
Modern Latin America
Croft Institute 315  |  662-915-1500
dinius@olemiss.edu


Chiarella Esposito

Associate Professor, Associate Chair of History 
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Economic and Diplomatic History, Modern Europe
Bishop Hall 314  |  662-915-7568
esposito@olemiss.edu


Joshua First

Croft Associate Professor of History & International Studies
Ph.D., University of Michigan
20th-century Russia
Bishop Hall 317  |  662-915-6946
jfirst@olemiss.edu

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Associate Professor of History
Ph.D, Brown University
20th-century America
Southaven Campus
fleegler@olemiss.edu

Emily Lord Fransee

Croft Assistant Professor of History & International Studies
Ph.D, University of Chicago
Modern Europe, Colonialism, Gender, Race, France and the Francophone World
Bishop Hall 309 | 662-915-3792
fransee@olemiss.edu


Darren E. Grem

Associate Professor of History & Southern Studies
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Religion, Culture, and Politics, 20th-century America
Bishop Hall 307  |  662-915-7734
degrem@olemiss.edu


April Holm

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Columbia University
Religion and Sectionalism, Civil War Era in the United States
Bishop Hall 316 |  662-915-6945
aholm@olemiss.edu

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Joshua H. Howard

Croft Professor of History & International Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Labor, Social and Cultural, Revolution, 20th-century East Asia
Bishop Hall 313  |  662-915-5749
jhhoward@olemiss.edu

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Vivian Ibrahim

Croft Associate Professor of History & International Studies & Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement
Ph.D., University of London
Religion and Political Culture, Modern Egypt
SMBHC Rm. 128 |  662-915-7294
vibrahim@olemiss.edu

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Zachary Kagan Guthrie

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Princeton University
Labor and Development Studies, Modern Mozambique
Bishop Hall 306  | 662-915-3314
zkguthri@olemiss.edu


Frances Kneupper

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Culture and Religion, Late Medieval Europe
Bishop Hall 304  |  662-915-1804
fckneupp@olemiss.edu


Marc H. Lerner

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Columbia University
Revolutionary Era, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe
Bishop Hall 321  |  662-915-7529
mlerner@olemiss.edu


Theresa Levitt

Professor of History
Ph.D., Harvard University
History of Science and Technology, Enlightenment and Revolutionary France
Bishop Hall 323  |  662-915-3792
tlevitt@olemiss.edu


Alexandra Lindgren-Gibson

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Empire and Gender, Modern Britain
Bishop Hall 312 | 662-915-3177
aslindgr@olemiss.edu

UMlogoChristopher A. Luse

Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D, Emory University
19th-century America
Tupelo Campus 337C
caluse@olemiss.edu


Rebecca Marchiel

Associate Professor of History & Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Urban History and Capitalism, 20th-century America
Bishop Hall  322 |  662-915-3969
rkmarchi@olemiss.edu


Eva Payne

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Harvard University
Gender and Sexuality, 19th- and 20th-century America
Bishop Hall 318  |  662-915-7629
ebpayne@olemiss.edu


Graham Auman Pitts

Croft Assistant Professor of History and International Studies
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Global Environmental History, Modern Middle East
Bishop Hall 309A  |  662-915-3315
gapitts@olemiss.edu


Paul J. Polgar

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center
Slavery and Emancipation, 18th- and 19th-century America
Bishop Hall   |
pjpolgar@olemiss.edu


Jarod Roll

Professor of History
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Labor and Social Movements, 19th- and 20th-century America
Bishop Hall 305  |  662-915-1260
jhroll@olemiss.edu

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Charles K. Ross

Acting Department Chair & Professor of History and African American Studies
Ph.D., Ohio State University
African-American Sports, 20th-century South
Bishop Hall  |  662-915-7938
cross@olemiss.edu


Mohammed Bashir Salau

Professor of History
Ph.D., York University, Canada
Islam and Slavery, Precolonial and Colonial Nigeria
Bishop Hall 335  |  662-915-5751
bashir@olemiss.edu


Susan Gaunt Stearns

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Political Economy and Western Expansion, Revolutionary America and the Atlantic World
Bishop Hall 330 |  662-915-5667
sgstearn@olemiss.edu


Isaac Stephens

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Cultural and Political History, Early Modern Britain
Bishop Hall 303 | 662-915-5360
istephen@olemiss.edu


Douglass Sullivan-González

Professor of History 
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Politics and Religion, 19th-century Guatemala
Bishop Hall 320  |  662-915-7109
dsg@olemiss.edu


Peter Thilly

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Legal Culture and Capitalism, Modern Asia
Bishop Hall 328A  |  662-915-7016
pdthilly@olemiss.edu

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Nicolas Trépanier

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Harvard University
Foodways and Landscape Studies, Medieval Anatolia
Bishop Hall  315 | 662-915-5872
ntrepani@olemiss.edu

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Jeffrey R. Watt

Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Cook Chair of History and Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Religion and Society, Reformation Switzerland, Early Modern Europe
Bishop Hall 332  |  662-915-5805
hswatt@olemiss.edu


Noell Howell Wilson

Croft Associate Professor of History & International Studies & Department Chair
Ph.D., Harvard University
Maritime History, East Asia
Bishop Hall  310 | 662-915-7938
nrwilson@olemiss.edu