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Faculty

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Robert H. Abzug

Professor; Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor; Dir. Schusterman Ctr. for Jewish Studies

zug@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7240  |  GAR 2.108

Education   

Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, Berkeley

Kathleen M. Barr

Lecturer

kathbarr@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-6097  |  GAR 3.206

Education   

Ph.D., Texas A&M University
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Daina Ramey Berry

Associate Professor

drb@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-3261  |  GAR 1.104

Education   

Ph.D., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles
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Douglas G. Biow

Professor, Superior Oil Company-Linward Shivers Cenntenial Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Director of the Center for European Studies

biow@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-7267; 512-232-3470  |  HRH 2.110B

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Miriam Bodian

Professor

bodian@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-4358  |  GAR 2.104A

Education   

Ph.D., 1988, Hebrew University

William R. Braisted

Professor Emeritus

512-453-8013

Education   

Ph.D., 1950, University of Chicago
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H.W. Brands

Professor; Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor

hwbrands@austin.utexas.edu  |  GAR 3.306

Education   

Ph.D., 1985, University of Texas at Austin
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Benjamin Claude Brower

Associate Professor

benbrower@utexas.edu  |  512-475-6813  |  GAR 3.204

Education   

Ph.D., 2005, Cornell University
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Jonathan C. Brown

Professor

j.brown@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7218  |  GAR 1.114

Education   

Ph.D., 1976, University of Texas at Austin

Norman D. Brown

Professor Emeritus; Barbara White Stuart Centennial Professor in Texas History

Education   

Ph.D., 1963, University of North Carolina
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Erika M. Bsumek

Associate Professor

embsumek@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7253  |  GAR 2.104C

Education   

Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University
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Matthew J. Butler

Associate Professor

mbutler@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7972  |  GAR 3.414

Education   

Ph.D., 1999, University of Bristol

Don E. Carleton

Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Briscoe Center for American History

d.carleton@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-495-4684  |  SRH 2.101

Education   

Ph.D., 1978, University of Houston
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Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

Professor; Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History

canizares-esguerra@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7694  |  GAR 2.140

Education   

Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin
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Ruramisai Charumbira

Assistant Professor

r-c@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-8361  |  GAR 0.134

Education   

PhD., Yale University

Indrani Chatterjee

Professor

Education   

Ph.D., History, 1996, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Sally H. Clarke

Professor

sclarke@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7241  |  GAR 3.114

Education   

Ph.D., 1987, Brown University
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Judith G. Coffin

Associate Professor

jcoffin@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7235  |  GAR 2.206

Education   

Ph.D., 1985, Yale University
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David Crew

Professor; Distinguished Teaching Professor

dfcrew@uts.cc.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7232  |  GAR 2.126

Education   

Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University
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Alfred W. Crosby Jr.

Professor Emeritus

crosby@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-471-7277

Education   

Ph.D., 1961, Boston University
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Janet M. Davis

Associate Professor

janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-1848  |  BUR 432

Education   

Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Francoise M. De Backer

Lecturer

fdb@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
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Susan Deans-Smith

Associate Professor

sdsmith@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7205  |  GAR 3.302

Education   

Ph.D. 1984, Cambridge University
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Lina Del Castillo

Assistant Professor

delcastillo@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7258  |  GAR 3.216

Education   

Ph.D., 2007, University of Miami
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James R. Denbow

Professor

jdenbow@mail.utexas.edu  |  512 471 8512  |  SAC 4.152

Education   

Ph.D., University of Indiana
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Yoav Di-Capua

Associate Professor

ydi@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7259  |  GAR 0.136

Education   

Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University

Robert A. Divine

Professor Emeritus; George W. Littlefield Professor Emeritus in American History

rdivine@austin.rr.com

Education   

Ph.D., 1954, Yale University
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Jennifer V Ebbeler

Associate Professor

jebbeler@austin.utexas.edu  |  512 471 7570  |  WAG 14CA

Education   

PhD; 2001, University of Pennsylvania
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Toyin Falola

Professor; Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities; University Distinguished Teaching Prof.

toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7224  |  GAR 2.142

Education   

Ph.D., 1981, University of Ife
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Hafez Farmayan

Professor Emeritus

farmayan@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1953, Georgetown University
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William Forbath

Professor, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, School of Law; Department of History

wforbath@law.utexas.edu  |  512 232 1326  |  JON 6.216

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George B. Forgie

Associate Professor and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor

forgie@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7231  |  GAR 3.212

Education   

Ph.D., 1972, Stanford University
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Alison K. Frazier

Associate Professor

akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-6375  |  GAR 2.148

Education   

Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University
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Seth W. Garfield

Associate Professor

sgarfield@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7269 / 512-232-2414  |  GAR 2.120 / SRH 1.304A

Education   

Ph.D., 1996, Yale University

Virginia Garrard-Burnett

Professor and Associate Chair

garrard@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7822  |  GAR 2.204

Education   

Ph.D., 1986, Tulane University
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Lewis L. Gould

Professor Emeritus; Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History

lludlowgould@outlook.com

Richard Graham

Professor Emeritus; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor Emeritus in History

rgraham@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1961, University of Texas at Austin
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Laurie B. Green

Associate Professor

lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7245  |  GAR 2.116

Education   

Ph.D., 1999, University of Chicago
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Kali Gross

Associate Professor

kngross@mail.utexas.edu  |  GRG 234F

Education   

Ph.D., 1999, University of Pennsylvania

Sumit Guha

Professor; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professorship in History

Education   

Ph.D., History, 1981, University of Cambridge
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Frank A. Guridy

Associate Professor; Director, John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies

fguridy@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7267  |  GAR 2.202/ JES A232

Education   

Ph.D., University of Michigan
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Michael G. Hall

Professor Emeritus

mghall@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-475-6785  |  HRC 3.102G

Education   

Ph.D., 1956, Johns Hopkins University
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Julie Hardwick

Professor; Director, Institute for Historical Studies

jhardwick@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7221  |  GAR 3.112

Education   

Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University
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Van A. Herd

Lecturer

herd@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-692-9310  |  GAR 0.112

Interests

  Neurophysiology, Baroque Science, and Jacob Boehme

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Antony G. Hopkins

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair of History

tony.hopkins@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7236  |  GAR 3.310

Education   

Ph.D., 1964, University of London
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Madeline Y. Hsu

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Asian American Studies

myhsu@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7850  |  GAR 3.222 / GRG 220

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
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Bruce J. Hunt

Associate Professor

bjhunt@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-6109  |  GAR 2.106

Education   

Ph.D., 1984, Johns Hopkins University

Interests

  History of science and technology

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Jacqueline Jones

Professor; Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History, Ideas; Mastin Gentry White Prof. of So. History

jjones@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-4193  |  GAR 2.109

Education   

Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Neil D. Kamil

Associate Professor

kamil@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-6110  |  GAR 2.146

Education   

Ph.D., 1989, Johns Hopkins University

John E. Lamphear

Professor Emeritus

lamphear@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1972, University of London

Clarence G. Lasby

Professor Emeritus

clasby@austin.rr.com

Education   

Ph.D., 1962, University of California, Los Angeles
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Mark Atwood Lawrence

Associate Professor

malawrence@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-9304  |  GAR 3.220

Education   

Ph.D., 1999, Yale University
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Brian P. Levack

Professor; John E. Green Regents Professor in History; Distinguished Teaching Professor

levack@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7204  |  GAR 3.502

Education   

Ph.D., 1970, Yale University
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Philippa Levine

Professor; Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professorship in the Humanities; Co-Director British Studies Program

philippa@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-1236  |  HRC 3.202B

Education   

D.Phil., 1984, Oxford University (St. Antony's College)
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Huaiyin Li

Professor

hli@utexas.edu  |  512-475-7910  |  GAR 3.202

Education   

Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los Angeles

Interests

  Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; imperial China; gender and family; agrarian studies; Chinese culture and religions; and comparative studies of development and globalization.

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Tatjana Lichtenstein

Assistant Professor

lichtens@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-6171  |  GAR 0.110

Education   

Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
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Wm. Roger Louis

Professor; Kerr Chair in English History and Culture; Distinguished Teaching Professor

britishstudies@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-9274  |  HRC 3.202

Education   

D.Phil., 1962, and D.Litt., 1979, Oxford University
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Abraham Marcus

Associate Professor Emeritus

amarcus@uts.cc.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7229  |  GAR 3.406

Education   

Ph.D., 1979, Columbia University
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Al P. Martinich

Professor; Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professorship in Philosophy

martinich@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-484-8186  |  WAG 416A

Education   

PhD, University of California at San Diego
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Alberto A. Martínez

Associate Professor

almartinez@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-9426  |  GAR 0.138

Education   

Ph.D., 2001, University of Minnesota
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Anne M. Martínez

Assistant Professor

ammtz@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7268  |  GAR 3.214

Education   

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Interests

  Mexican Americans, religion, migration, nation

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Tracie M. Matysik

Associate Professor

matysik@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7251  |  GAR 3.402

Education   

Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University
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John Mckiernan-González

Assistant Professor

tulua@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7260  |  GAR 0.108

Education   

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Interests

  Race and Ethnicity; Social History of Medicine; the Borderlands; Mexican American History; and Latino Studies

Standish Meacham Jr.

Professor Emeritus; Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Professor Emeritus in History

meachsalz@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1961, Harvard University
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Robyn S. Metcalfe

Lecturer

rsmetcalfe@earthlink.net  |  512-475-7250  |  GAR 3.210

Education   

Ph.D., 2010, Boston University
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Mark Metzler

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies

mmetzler@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7262  |  GAR 3.404

Education   

Ph.D., 1998, University of California, Berkeley
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G. Howard Miller

Professor Emeritus

hmiller@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1970, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Karl Hagstrom Miller

Associate Professor

karlhagstrommiller@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7257  |  GAR 3.312

Education   

Ph.D., 2002, New York University
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Gail Minault

Professor

gminault@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7214  |  GAR 3.118

Education   

Ph.D., 1972, University of Pennsylvania
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Steven Mintz

Professor

smintz@utsystem.edu

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University, 1979
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Sidney Monas

Professor Emeritus

smonas@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-471-5001  |  HRC 3.325

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Leonard N. Moore

Professor; Associate Vice-President, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

leonardmoore@austin.utexas.edu  |  GAR 512-475-7254/ SSB 512-232-2913  |  GAR 2.111/ SSB 4.118

Education   

B.A., 1993, Jackson State University; Ph.D., 1998, The Ohio State University

M. Gwyn Morgan

Professor Emeritus

512-471-5742  |  WAG 109

Education   

Ph.D., 1962, University of Exeter, U.K.
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Joan Neuberger

Professor

neuberger@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7219  |  GAR 2.102

Education   

Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University
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Mary Neuburger

Associate Professor

burgerm@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7220 / 512-232-2264  |  GAR 3.410 / CAL 411

Education   

Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington
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Martha G. Newman

Associate Professor; Chair, Religious Studies Department

newman@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-2264/ 512-475-8660  |  BUR 418 / GAR 3.408

Education   

Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University
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Robert A. Olwell

Associate Professor

rolwell@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7226  |  GAR 3.108

Education   

Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University
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David M. Oshinsky

Professor; Jack S. Blanton Chair in History; Distinguished Teaching Professor

oshinsky@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7230  |  GAR 3.504

Education   

Ph.D., 1971, Brandeis University
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Richard H. Pells

Professor Emeritus

richard.pells@gmail.com

Education   

Ph.D., 1969, Harvard University

Penne L. Restad

Distinguished Senior Lecturer

restad@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7233  |  GAR 2.144

Education   

Ph.D., 1994, University of Texas at Austin
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Edward J. M. Rhoads

Professor Emeritus

erhoads@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., 1970, Harvard University
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Megan Seaholm

Senior Lecturer

seaholm@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7243  |  GAR 4.124

Education   

Ph.D., 1988, Rice University

Perrin A. Selcer

Lecturer

pselcer@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-8457  |  GAR 4.108

Education   

Ph.D., History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
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Mark C. Smith

Associate Professor

mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-2015  |  BUR 428

Education   

Ph.D., American Studies, 1980, University of Texas at Austin

Denise A. Spellberg

Associate Professor

spellberg@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7202  |  GAR 3.208

Education   

Ph.D., 1989, Columbia University
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Nancy K. Stalker

Associate Prof. Asian Studies, History, Religious Studies; Affiliated, Ctr. Women & Gender Studies

nancy.stalker@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-475-6044  |  WCH 5.128

Education   

Ph.D., 2002, Stanford University
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Michael B. Stoff

Associate Professor; Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor; Director, Plan II

planiidirector@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7217 / 512-471-1442  |  GAR 2.138 / WCH 4.104

Education   

Ph.D., 1977, Yale University
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Jeremi Suri

Professor; Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs

suri@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7242  |  GAR 2.122/ SRH 3.378

Education   

Ph.D. in History, 2001, Yale University
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Cynthia Talbot

Associate Professor

ctalbot@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-9303  |  GAR 3.106

Education   

PhD, 1988, University of Wisconsin at Madison
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Alan Tully

Professor; Chair, History Department: Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professorship in American History

tully@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-3261  |  GAR 1.106A

Education   

Ph.D., 1973, Johns Hopkins University
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Ann Twinam

Professor

anntwinam@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7213  |  GAR 2.114

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University
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James M. Vaughn

Assistant Professor

jmvaughn@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-8268  |  GAR 3.218

Education   

Ph.D., 2008, University of Chicago
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Andrew Villalon

Senior Lecturer

avillalon@austin.rr.com  |  512-475-8004  |  GAR 4.120

Education   

Ph.D., 1984, Yale University
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Juliet E. K. Walker

Professor

jekwalker@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-5581  |  GAR 2.136

Education   

Ph.D., 1976, University of Chicago

Daniel Wold

Assistant Instructor

danwold@utexas.edu  |  GAR 3.226

Education   

Ph.D., UT Austin

Interests

  British Empire, Internationalism and International Governments, Interwar Period

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Charters Wynn

Associate Professor; Director of Normandy Scholar Program on World War II

wynn@utexas.edu  |  512-475-7234  |  GAR 1.120

Education   

Ph.D., 1987, Stanford University
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Emilio Zamora

Professor

e.zamora@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-8706  |  GAR 2.104B

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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