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Graduate Students
The History Department is proudly home to cohorts of Ph.D. and M.A. students who specialize in an array of historical topics. Information about these students, their focuses, and faculty advisers can be found below. Please note that students opted into displaying their information on this page, so it does not represent a complete list of ľ¹ÏÊÓÆµ history graduate students. Want to get involved in our fantastic community of graduate students? Check out the History Department Graduate Student Organization.
Ph.D. Program
- Americas
Name |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
Sofia Almeida |
P. Levy |
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Ronald Arbisi |
D. Johnson |
"A Consumers' Insurgency: Consumer Culture, Counterinsurgency, and the Failure of the War on Drugs." |
Tollie Banker |
E. Mauldin |
|
Douglas Benner |
B. Connolly |
|
Tiffany Edwards |
D. Johnson |
’Unless Cleared by his Doctor’: Psychiatry and Religion in Cold War era LGBT Purges in Higher Education |
Morgan Greig |
Francis |
|
Sahir Hismiogullari |
P. Levy |
Hybrid Epistemology and the Re-Enchantment of Nature in the American Enlightenment |
Patrick Horan |
F. Ottanelli |
The American Friends of Irish Neutrality and the American Irish Defense Association: The Last Irish American Committees |
Zachary Kuntz |
A. Novoa |
Weaponizing the War of Ideas: The U.S. and the Soviet Union in Cold War Ecuador, 1945-1980 |
Ummul Muhseneen |
P. Levy |
|
Bernadette Mustacchio |
D. Johnson |
Fending Off Weight: Fen-Phen, the Thin Ideal, and Choice Feminism in the U.S., 1980-1990s |
Alissa Roy |
P. Levy |
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Rachel Sanderson |
F. Ramos |
|
Alaina Scapicchio |
P. Levy |
|
Michael Steimle |
D. Johnson |
To the Vanquished go the Spoils: Nationalism and Race in WWII Prison Camps in the American South |
Sara White |
P. Levy |
|
Wesley White |
D. Johnson |
Americans! From! Space!: The United States and the Development of a National Space-Age Culture |
Kimberly Woodward |
B. Connolly |
|
April Young |
D. Johnson |
Nothing Comes Between: A History of Women’s Fashion, Blue Jeans, and New Markets in late 20th Century |
Gabriela Zaicaner |
B. Connolly |
|
- World History to 1500
Name |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
Angela Costello |
D. Tanasi |
Vestitus Auctoritate: Visual Representations of Power in Late Antique Sicily |
Kevin Gallagher |
D. Tanasi |
Freed Men: Social Mobility and Economic Opportunity for Former Slaves in Roman Malta |
Sarah Hassam |
D. Tanasi |
|
Ryan Hom |
D. Tanasi |
A Σικελία Way of War: The Cultural Development of Warfare and Militarized Landscapes in Greek Sicily from 800 to 238 BCE. |
Madeleine Kraft |
D. Tanasi |
Religious Syncretism and Co-Production: Novel Methods for Exploring the Catacombs of Roman Sicily and Malta, 3rd-6th Centuries CE |
Bronte Phillips |
D. Tanasi |
Virtual Repatriation and the Afterlives of Cypriot Antiquities: Cesnola, U.S. Museums, and the Colonial Legacies of Collecting |
Lisa Shorts |
D. Tanasi |
The Roman Receipt of Greek Medicine: Cultural Exchange, Adaptation, and Transformation in the Ancient Mediterranean |
- World History since 1500
First |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
Ann Abney |
J. Knight |
|
Sean Carlson |
K. Boterbloem |
Managing Armageddon: American Control of Western Nuclear Policy and Capabilities, 1945 - 1972 |
Gregory Celestan |
K. Boterbloem |
|
Kiley Fuller |
K. Boterbloem |
|
Mohammad Shafayet Habib Khan |
B. Carnaghi |
British imperialism in India and Indian society and politics under British rule |
Rachel Stanton |
K. Boterbloem |
|
M.A. Program
- Americas
Name |
Major Advisor |
Thesis Title |
Yoel Benhabib |
F. Ramos |
|
Logan Cappuccilli |
B. Connolly |
|
Michael Charles |
P. Levy |
|
Tami Davis |
C. Yacovazzi |
|
Rachel Justice |
P. Levy |
|
Ryan McGahan |
B. Connolly |
|
Erin McQueary |
B. Connolly |
|
Dennis Moore |
E. Mauldin |
|
Holden Rasmussen |
B. Connolly |
|
Hannah Rice |
K. Burke |
|
Jordan Saunders |
F. Ramos |
|
Adis Silva |
P. Levy |
|
Danielle Thurston |
P. Levy |
|
Jonathan Zarzuela |
K. Burke |
|
- World History to 1500
Name |
Major Advisor |
Thesis Title |
Amanda Aklan |
D. Tanasi |
|
Glorya Blair |
D. Tanasi |
|
Emelia Brzakala |
D. Tanasi |
|
Madison Fidler |
D. Tanasi |
|
Alexander Iwicki |
D. Tanasi |
|
Elissia Laporte |
D. Tanasi |
|
Donald Wiant |
D. Tanasi |
- World History since 1500
Name |
Major Advisor |
Thesis Title |
Justin Christenson |
K. Boterbloem |
|
Jason Giese |
K. Boterbloem |
|
Cristian Gonzalez |
M. King |
|
Ian McKinney |
K. Boterbloem |
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Caitlyn Seibert |
K. Boterbloem |
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Updated Fall 2025