Current History Graduate Students

Garrett Ahlers, MA
Social history of religious and ecclesial communities in the Middle Ages with a focus on the religious experiences of the laity, and their role in the Church; religious congregations and communities; and rural environments.

Benjamin Bertrand, Ph.D.
Aristocratic and monastic cultures in twelfth-century England, with a particular focus on the career of bishop Henry of Blois.

Lisa Betty, Ph.D.
Modern history focusing on the themes of Labor, Migration, and Diaspora in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa.

Willa Blevins, Ph.D.
Economic and environmental history, specializing in the ecosystems and economies of the early American republic, specifically: agrarian communities’ systems of economic control and monetary innovation.

Maria Carriere, Ph.D.
Women, gender, and politics in France and the eastern Mediterranean in the thirteenth century, with a focus on independent crusaders and their material culture.

Stephen Cerulli, Ph.D.
Italian diaspora especially in North America, historic and international Italian identities, transatlantic fascism and anti-fascism, and anarchist and socialist thought and movements within the Italian diaspora.

Owen Clow, Ph.D.
Environmental and cultural history of the 20th Century United States. Environmentalism, region and regionalism, photography and visual culture, the 1990s and post-Cold War US history, digital history & humanities.

Alexander DaCruz, Ph.D
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman chronicle writing, ecclesiastical historical writing, hagiography, and Greek and Latin patristics.

Kyra Dezjot, Ph.D.
Research interests: American Jewish Communities post WWII, including antisemitism, ethnic relationships and tensions, and lingering Nazi influence post war.

Frances Eshleman, Ph.D.
Late medieval canon law and its social application, penance and punishment, sexuality.

Cade Guidette
18th and 19th century American politics, society, and expansionism.

Douglass Hamilton, Ph.D.
Medieval religious and political culture, Old French literature, the crusading period.

Aidan Healy
19th century U.S., Civil War and Reconstruction, Education.

William Hogue, Ph.D.
US Diplomatic History, US Foreign Relations in Latin America, Religion and American Foreign Relations.

Emily Horihan, Ph.D.
U.S. Urban History, Urban Planning, New York City history, Staten Island.

Adrian Kochanowicz, MA
World War II, with a focus on the human experience of Poles, the development of technology and methods of killing, the implementation of policies and bureaucracies in mass violence and crimes against humanity, and the mechanism of enforcement.

Matthieu Langlois, Ph.D.
Antisemitism, Catholic-Jewish Relations, Catholic Worker Movement, Intellectual History, Japanese-American History.

Molly McCabe, Ph.D
Modern Irish history, with a focus on Northern Ireland; British Empire, women's history, colonialism and imperialism, political violence and revolution.

Matt Mulhern, Ph.D.
Global Cold War, Diplomatic History, Foreign Relations.

Fiona O'Brien, Ph.D
Early modern English and French reproductive health history, pregnancy and childbirth, ritual and healthcare.

Christie Olek, Ph.D.
Social history of medicine, the healer-patient relationship, the intersection of medicine and law, medieval hospitals, women and gender.

Emeka Onyeagwa, MA
The interactions and encounters between late medieval and early modern European societies—such as the English, Portuguese, and others—and West African societies from the late 15th century to the modern era brought significant, mutual changes to both sides.

Nicholas Pisano, Ph.D.
Medieval maritime history, military history, Mediterranean World, Crusades, piracy, cartography, navigation.

Addie Price, Ph.D
Women’s and environmental history, feminist movements, and histories of outdoor recreation.

Amanda Racine, Ph.D.
Medieval Europe, Crusades, Latin East, Law & Society, Service Culture.

Curtis Rager, Ph.D.
Questions of judgement and justice, with a focus on the role of abbots in judicial assemblies in central medieval France.

Stephanie Robinson-Ramirez, Ph.D.
Historical and contemporary intersections of racial capitalism, gender, and systemic oppression. Drawing on feminist theory, economic history, and cultural studies, I examine how representation, citizenship, and collective memory shape survival and resistance in capitalist societies.

Jeremy Rodriguez
Late Medieval English political culture, masculinity, rulership, and memory; particularly throughout the Wars of the Roses & Henry VIII.

Anthony Abd-al Shafi Rosado
Borícua artistry intelligentsia during the global renaissance, 1400–1700; late 19th century Black visibility in transatlantic art museums; Puerto Rican and Palestinian transnational solidarity in New York City and Boríken, 1960s–2020s; and contemporary Borícua Muslim cosmopolitanism.

Michael Sanders, Ph.D.
The interactions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the late Middle Ages, particularly on the Iberian peninsula.

Meagan Schulman, Ph.D.
17th century Atlantic History; Piracy and Diplomacy, England, Spain, the Netherlands.

Kaitlin Shine, Ph.D.
Late nineteenth and twentieth century western Europe and the United States; The First World War; Nationalism; Print Media; Disability Studies; Memory Studies; Imperialism; Wartime Trauma; and Post-War Political and Social Transitions.

William Tanner Smoot, Ph.D.
Early and High Medieval England, Monasticism, Religious History and Culture, Historical Memory.

Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D.
U.S. Urban History, Urban Planning, Social and Cultural, New York City history, Queens.

James Spencer Tompkins, Ph.D.
History of Capitalism and Diplomacy across the United States and Latin American during the 20th century.