Joan Friedman—Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies and Campus Rabbi
(330) 263-2446
jfriedman@wooster.edu
B.A. Pennsylvania 1974; M.A.H.L. Hebrew Union-Jewish Institute of Religion 1977; M.Phil., Ph.D. Columbia 1986, 2003.
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David Gedalecia—The Michael O. Fisher Professor of History
(330) 263-2446
dgedalecia@wooster.edu
David Gedalecia's Web Page
B.A. Queens 1965; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard 1967, 1971.
His primary areas of expertise are Chinese history and philosophy
in the early modern period (Sung through Ming), Neo-Confucian interpretations
of the Chinese classics, and Confucian scholarship during the Yüan
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Marc Goulding—Gillespie Visiting Instructor in
History
(330) 263-2025
mgoulding@wooster.edu
B.A. New York University 1999; Ph.D. New York University expected 2007.
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Madonna Hettinger—Lawrence Stanley Associate Professor of Medieval History
On Leave 2007-8
(330) 263-2439
mhettinger@wooster.edu
Madonna Hettinger's Web Page
A.B. St. Francis 1977; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana 1979, 1986.
An expert on such topics as medieval social and economic history,
servants and masters, peasant communities, peasant revolts, and
labor and mobility in the Middle Ages, Hettinger is conversant
in Latin and French.
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Katherine Holt—Assistant Professor of History
(330) 263-2528
kholt@wooster.edu
B.A. George Washington 1995; M.A. New York University 1999; M.A. Princeton 2001; Ph.D. Princeton 2005.
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Shannon King—Assistant Professor of History
On Leave Fall 2007
(330) 263-2519
sking@wooster.edu
B.A., M.A. North Carolina Central University 1996, 1998; Ph.D.
Binghamton University 2006.
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Susan Murnane—Visiting Assistant Professor of
History
(330) 263-2622
mmurnane@wooster.edu
B.A. Carleton College 1972; J.D. University of Minnesota 1977; LL.M.
Georgetown University 1984; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University 2006.
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Peter Pozefsky—Associate Professor of History
(330) 263-2395
ppozefsky@wooster.edu
Peter Pozefsky's Web Page
A.B. Harvard 1984; M.A., Ph.D. UCLA 1986, 1993.
Pozefsky is the author of The Nihilist Imagination (2003), an examination of the close relationship between Russian radicals and literature in the late nineteenth century. He is currently studying representations of Stalin and stalinism in contemporary Russian cinema. His courses include Russia to 1900, Russia Since 1900, The Fall of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the New Russia, Stalin's Russia: History and Film, Western Civilization Since 1600, and An Intellectual History of Modern Europe.
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 Jeff Roche—Associate
Professor of History and Associate Dean for the Class of 2010
(330) 263-2450
jroche@wooster.edu
B.A., M.A. Georgia State University, 1992, 1995; Ph.D. University
of New Mexico, 2001.
Jeff Roche specializes in 20th century U.S. political history,
western American history, conservatism, and the 1960s. Cowboy
Conservatism, his forthcoming book, describes the emergence of
western conservative politics.
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Hayden Schilling—Robert Critchfield Professor of English History
(330) 263-2452
hschilling@wooster.edu
B.A. Southern Methodist University 1959; M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt
1961, 1970.
He joined the faculty in 1964 and is an expert in Tudor-Stuart England,
early modern Europe, and modern Britain. Schilling directs Wooster’s
Advanced Placement Institute for secondary school teachers as well
as the Wooster-Youngstown Early Intervention Program for high school
students at Wooster each summer. |
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Greg Shaya—Assistant Professor of History
(330) 263-2169
gshaya@wooster.edu
Greg Shaya's Teaching and Research Page
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan 1988, 1993, 2000.
His research and teaching interests include politics, culture and
society in Europe, especially France, from the 18th century to the
present. He also looks at historical approaches to mass culture;
the newspaper; the history of violence; the modern urban experience;
North African history and anthropology; European colonialism and
imperialism; problems and methods of cultural history; and historical
approaches to visual culture. |
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Karen Taylor—Associate Professor of History
(330) 263-2451
ktaylor@wooster.edu
Karen Taylor's Web Pages
B.A. Utah 1980; M.A. Clark 1982; Ph.D. Duke 1988.
She specializes in gender history and cultural studies as well as
Native American and immigration history. She studies American and
Australian history. |
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Daniel Calhoun
Aileen Dunham
Professor of History. Emeritus since 1994
B.A. Williams 1950; M.A., Ph.D. Chicago 1951, 1959.
Daniel Calhoun came to the College in 1956. Calhoun retired from
teaching in 1994, but he still audits the occasional class at the
College. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Phi Beta Kappa, the
national academic honors society. His publications include The United Front: The TUC and the Russians, 1923-1928 (Cambridge
University Press, 1976) and Hungary and Suez, 1956: An Exploration of Who Makes History (University Press of America, 1991).
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Henry J. Copeland
Professor of History. Emeritus since 1999.
President of the College, 1977-1995. Emeritus since 1996
A.B. Baylor 1958; Ph.D. Cornell 1966.
Henry Copeland taught French and European history in the History
Department for twelve years before taking up the Presidency of the
College in 1977. He served as President until 1995, leading the
College through a period of remarkable change and growth. |
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John Gates
Aileen Dunham Professor of History. Emeritus since 2002
jgates@wooster.edu
John Gates Web Page
A.B., M.A. Stanford 1959, 1960; Ph.D. Duke 1967.
John Gates came to the College in 1967. He specializes in military
history, the Vietnam conflict, and the development of guerrilla
warfare. His publications include Schoolbooks and Krags: The U.S. Army in the Philippines, 1898-1902 (Greenwood Press, 1973);
more than twenty published articles and book chapters; and the online
book,
The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare
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James Hodges
Michael O. Fisher Professor of History. Emeritus since 1998
B.S. North Alabama 1955; M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt 1959, 1963.
Jim Hodges taught courses in American history from his arrival at
the College in 1962. He is the author of New Deal Labor Policy
(1986, University of Tennessee Press) as well as articles on the
American presidency, Southern politics, and labor history. He is
currently writing a history of the College of Wooster. |
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Vivian Holliday
Aylesworth Professor of Classical Studies. Emerita since 1999
vholliday@wooster.edu
A.B. Winthrop 1957; M.A. Missouri 1959; Ph.D. North Carolina 1961.
Vivian Holliday came to the College in 1961. She taught courses
in Classics and History, directed the Archaeology program, and served
as the Dean of Faculty. She currently divides her time between Wooster
and North Carolina. |
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John Hondros
Henry J. and Laura H. Copeland Professor of European History. Emeritus
since 2001
jhondros@wooster.edu
A.B. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1959; M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt 1963,
1969.
John Hondros taught courses on Europe, the ancient world, and history
and film from 1969 to 2001. He is the author of Occupation and Resistance: The Greek Agony, 1941-1944 (Pella, 1983).
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Floyd Watts
Michael O. Fisher Professor of History. Emeritus since 1993
B.A., M.A. Kent State 1950, 1951; Ph.D. Wisconsin, Madison 1959.
Floyd Watts first came to the College in 1958. He taught courses
on Africa, Twentieth-Century Europe, and Detective Fiction. |
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