Alan Tully, Chair
128 Inner Campus Dr., Stop B7000, GAR 1.104 Austin, TX 78712-1739 • 512-471-3261
Graduate Student List
Jessica Achberger
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
20th Century Sub-Saharan African History (focus on Central/ Southern Africa), China in Africa, Cold War in Africa, International Diplomatic History, Communist China’s Third-world Foreign Policy, Neo-Imperialism, Globalization, Development and AidLady Jane Acquah
Graduate student
Education
B.A. (HONS) HISTORY; MPHIL (HISTORY), UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, GHANA
Interests
Research interests are Ghanaian politics, Islam in Africa and the Diaspora, and Gender in the Muslim world.Maria Jose Afanador
Graduate student
Interests
Natural history, the history of science, nineteenth century political and cultural history, the history of representations about nature, cartography, political economy and geopoliticsChristine Baker
Graduate student
christinedbaker@gmail.com | 512-590-1461
Education
M.A. Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas
Interests
medieval Middle East, Shi'ism, articulations of political and religious legitimacy and authority, orthodoxy/heterodoxyJuandrea Bates
Graduate student
juandreabates@gmail.com | Burdine 416
Education
M.A. in History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin American History, particularly Argentina. Experiences of childhood, changing defintitions of family, processes of social reproduction and immigration.Chyna Bowen
Graduate student
Education
B.A. in History, Washington University in St. Louis
Interests
Gender and slavery, Black criminality in the Antebellum South, Diaspora and Atlantic studies, and Historical memoryBenjamin Breen
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
Interests
History of science and medicine in the Portuguese and British empires, environmental history, indigenous history, print/visual/material culture.Dolph Briscoe
Graduate student
dbriscoe@utexas.edu | BEL 212R
Education
M.A. (History), Baylor University
Interests
Texas; Twentieth Century United StatesMatthew Bunn
Graduate student
matthewbunn@utexas.edu | Burdine 302/ Caffe Medici
Interests
modern European intellectual and cultural history, censorship and public communication, Germany before unificationZachary Carmichael
Graduate student
Education
M.A. (History), Miami University
Interests
Seventeenth-century Early Modern world - taverns, coffeehouses, print culture, space, commodities, masculinityMehmet Celik
Graduate student
Education
M.A., Bilkent University
Interests
Urban life, multiculturalism, ethnic conflict and gender in Southeastern Europe and the Middle EastShery Chanis
Graduate student
schanis@utexas.edu | BEL 212Q
Education
M.A., University of South Florida
Interests
Early Modern Europe, Imperial China, CartographyWilliam Chriss
Graduate student
Education
J.D., Harvard
Interests
Legal History & Constitutional Law, American History, Western History, Texas History, Byzantine History and Canon Law, Military History, Ancient Greek and Roman HistoryAnelise Coelho
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in History and Political Cultures, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Interests
Central American history, Cold War, Intelligence Studies, diplomatic history, and U.S. Latin America Foreign RelationsDavid Conrad
Graduate student
davidconrad@utexas.edu | GAR 0.116
Interests
United States, Japan, East and Southeast Asia, international relations, agricultural history, history of science, history of popular cultureFelipe Cruz
PhD Candidate
Education
M.A. in History, University of Texas-Austin
Interests
My dissertation focuses on the history of aviation in Brazil, its cultural manifestations (airmindedness) and its impact on state building and frontier expansion. More broadly, I am interested in the transnational history of technology, the history of meteorologic sciences, and environmental history (especially water management in Brazil).Deirdre Doughty
Ph.D. Candidate
Education
M.A. in History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
20th century US; women and gender; race, medicine, and childbirthReem Elghonimi
Graduate student
Education
B.S., Information Systems; M.A., Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas
Interests
Cultural and Intellectual History; Islam in Europe and America; Andalusi Studies; early modern Britain; educational and political theoryLizeth Elizondo
Graduate student
Education
M.A. Latin American Studies, California State University, San Diego
Interests
Colonial Latin American History, Family History, Women, Gender, Religion, Sexuality, The Spanish Colonial Borderlands (Texas/Louisiana/Northern Mexico regions).Ogechukwu Ezekwem
Graduate student
Education
B.A. History and International Studies, University of Nigeria
Interests
Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa; Armed Conflict, Foreign Intervention and Diplomacy; African Women and Post-war Reconstruction; Memory and Social Transformation; Traditional Socio-political Institutions in the 19th and 20th CenturyKristie Flannery
Graduate student
Education
Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences, Honours (Class I) in History, University of Sydney
Interests
Colonial Latin America, Atlantic World, rebellion, revolution and popular protestJulia M Gossard
PhD Candidate & Department Fellow
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Early Modern France; Education; Childhood & Family; Women & Gender; 17th-Century Society & CultureRyan Groves
Graduate student
rdgroves3@yahoo.com | BUR 304
Education
M.A., University of Central Florida
Interests
Popular music in Southern Africa, urban historyCeleste Gventer
Graduate student
celeste@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8936 | SRH 3.368
Education
Master of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; B.A. Stanford UniversityPeter Hamilton
Graduate student
peter.e.hamilton@gmail.com | BUR 306
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, B.A, Yale CollegeLauren Hammond
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin American History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin American History; African-American History; U.S.-Latin American relations; race and nation building; race and sports; dictatorship in Latin America.Christopher Heaney
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Yale University
Interests
At UT, Heaney studies the history of archaeology and indigenous peoples in the Americas, particularly Peru, knowledge production in the Atlantic World, museum-building, race and nation-building, and grave-robbing, the world's second-oldest profession.Franz Hensel Riveros
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Anthropology, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
Interests
I'm following the fantastic intercontinental debate around the "Latin" or "Hispanic" character of nineteenth-century America. After the revolutionary wave, more than scattered nations were in the making; a continent was also in construction. My dissertation tells this story, and the fundamental struggles about the past and the future that all of that entailed.Rachel Herrmann
Graduate student
Education
MA, The University of Texas at Austin, BA in history and English, Vassar College
Interests
Food history, Native American history, slavery, and the American Revolution; teaching, pedagogy, and technology in the classroomMohammed Hadi Hosainy
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in History, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Interests
history of the Middle East, Islamic law, genderIsabel Huacuja
Graduate student
isabel.huacuja@gmail.com | Away on fellowship during Fall 2012
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
radio history, post-indepence South Asian history, British Empire, Urdu and Hindi literature, writing pedagogy, ESL teachingJames Hudson
Graduate student
Interests
My primary focus in on modern China, with interest in late 19th, early 20th century urban China, specifically Hunan's capital city of Changsha. I am also interested in nationalism, state making, and visual culture.Jonathan Hunt
Graduate student
Education
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
My dissertation examines how the international community responded to a global movement to delegitimize the use and acquisition of nuclear weapons and constructed the nuclear nonproliferation regime that today affords the primary defense against nuclear anarchy. The project raises key questions about our notions of power, security, and law during the Cold War.Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez
Graduate student
rirlawyer@gmail.com | 512.477.7991 (office) 512.507.6066 (cell) | 1103 Nueces Street, Austin, Texas 78701
Interests
The American Civil War, Lincoln, The Politics of Slavery, The American Revolution, British HistoryChloe Ireton
Graduate Student, Supplemental Instructor & Teaching Assistant
c.ireton@utexas.edu / chloe_ireton@hotmail.com | Office Hours: Spring 2013 - Cafe Medici on Guadalupe on Fridays 11.00 am - 1.00 pm And by Appointment
Education
BA History (First Class Honours), Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Interests
Atlantic History, Iberian Imperial Expansion, Religion and Culture, Colonial Latin American History, African History, Mediterranean World.James Jenkins
Graduate student
Education
BA, Northern Arizona University
Interests
Global indigenous movement, Great Lakes borderlandsNathan Jennings
Graduate student
Interests
19th Century Texas and United States Military History; Ancient Greece and RomeMonica Jimenez
Graduate student
Education
J.D. and M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Empire and Colonialism, Legal history of the U.S. and Puerto Rico, History of the Caribbean, Political movements and nation building, Race and diasporaJanine Jones
Graduate student
Education
M.A., The University of Utah
Interests
Intellectual History; Gender and Sexuality; Religion; Globalization and EmpireNaoko Kato
Graduate student
Interests
Transnational networks, Pan-Asianism, Japanese Christians in the 20th centurySean Killen
Graduate student
Education
M.A. - South Asian Studies (The University of Wisconsin at Madison), M.A. - Psychology (Brandeis University)
Interests
Modern India, British Empire, Imperial and International Legal history, GlobalizationWilliam Kramer
Graduate student
Interests
Early Modern Ireland, Early Modern Religious History, Early Modern Britain and Scotland, The European Witch-HuntsJack Loveridge
Graduate student
Education
M.Phil. Oxford (International Development), B.A. Stanford (History)
Interests
Modern South Asia, British Empire, Decolonization, Economic Development, Globalization, Medicine, Science & TechnologyJessica Luther
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
17th-century Caribbean, early modern science, the body, slavery, English empire, literary theory, gender historyIan Lyles
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Modern Latin America, U.S.-Latin America relations, Military History, Cold War in Latin America, Economic Development TheoriesValerie Martínez
Graduate student
Education
M.A (History), Texas Tech University
Interests
Mexican-American/Latino History; Borderlands; Women and Gender's Studies; Labor; Military History; Race, Ethnicity, IdentityAdrian Masters
Graduate student
Interests
Romance and American languages, cultural history, Central American society, Latin American music history, colonial life in the AmericasBrian McNeil
Graduate student
brianmcneil@utexas.edu | Bur 306
Education
M.A., Mississippi State University
Interests
U.S. Foreign Policy; Nigerian Civil War and Biafra; Africa; Globalization; Human Rights; The 1960s and Protest PoliticsCristina Metz
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin America; U.S.-Latin America relations; 20th-c. urbanization; criminality; Guatemalan women's historySimon Miles
Graduate student
Education
MA, The London School of Economics
Interests
Cold War diplomatic history; Soviet foreign and domestic policy; Role of middle powers in superpower conflict and cooperationCheasty Miller
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas
Interests
Public Health, Central American revolutions, international Cold War policies, transnational networksKelli Mosteller
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas - Austin
Interests
Native American history, race, identity, citizenship, Indian policy, cultural significance of landElizabeth Nutting
Graduate student
Education
MA, University of Texas, Austin
Interests
Al-Andalus, Andalusian diaspora, North Africa, Spain, Spanish empire, early modern Mediterranean, women and family, labor history, material cultureElizabeth A O'Brien
Graduate student
Interests
19 and 20C Mexico, the history of science and medicine, gender, raceJulia Ogden
Graduate student
Education
MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Lived experiences and ideas of childhood, youth and sexuality, gender norms, criminal law, and State Formation.Rachel Ozanne
Graduate student
rachel.ozanne@gmail.com | BUR 304
Education
MA, University of Texas
Interests
19th century religion in the United States; theory of religion and religious experiences; intellectual history; history of psychology; ethicsAlbert Palacios
Graduate student
palacios.hrc@gmail.com | HRC 7.208
Education
B.Arch. & M.S. in Information Science, University of Texas at AustinR. Joseph Parrott
Graduate student
Education
Master of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Interests
American Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy and International Relations, Cold War Africa, Late Lusophone Colonialism, Decolonization, International Civil RightsHelen Pho
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Yale University
Interests
20th-century U.S. and international history, U.S. foreign policy, Cold War, Vietnam War, Southeast AsiaAva Purkiss
Graduate student
Education
M.A., African New World Studies, Florida International University
Interests
Modern U.S. History, African American History, Women's History, African DiasporaMichelle Reeves
Graduate student
Education
M.A., History, California State University Northridge
Interests
U.S. foreign policy, Soviet foreign policy, the Cold War in the Third World, U.S.-Latin American relations, Soviet-Latin American relations, guerrilla movements and counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, the international drug warDarcy Rendon
Graduate student
darcyrendon@utexas.edu | Bellmont 2-212 RB
Education
B.A in American Studies and Spanish, Smith CollegeNicholas Roland
Graduate student
Education
B.A. in History, Virginia Tech
Interests
19th century American South; Texas History; Military History; Historical MemoryChristopher Rose
Graduate student
csrose@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3582 | WMB 6.146A
Education
MA, Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Egypt in the Islamic period; development and urbanization in pre-modern Cairo; Mediterranean world systems; social studies education and curriculum developmentDanielle Sanchez
Graduate student
Interests
Francophone Africa, colonialism, fashion and dress culture.Karin Sanchez Manrique
Graduate student
Interests
Latin America, social history, colonial legacies, Catholicism, inequality, Catholic Social Teaching, Secularization.Michael Schmidt
Graduate student
Interests
20th Century Germany, the History of Listening, Jazz and Popular MusicBlake Scott
Graduate student
blake.sctt@gmail.com | BUR 310
Education
MA in History, University of Georgia
Interests
Latin America & the Caribbean; history of tourism & travel; environmental history; transnational commodity chains; U.S-Latin American relationsRan Segev
Graduate student
Interests
Colonial Latin America, Atlantic Science, Natural History, History of Ideas, Mysticism and ReligionKyle K Shelton
Graduate student
kyle.k.shelton@gmail.com | BEL 212-Y
Education
BA, Kalamazoo College
Interests
20th Century U.S. History; Urban History; Environmental History; Community History; Mobility and Transportation Systems.Edward Shore
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Boston College
Interests
Modern Brazil; Environmental Impact and Rural Inequality; Social Movements and Popular MobilizationTrevor M Simmons
Graduate student
trevor.m.simmons@utexas.edu | Burdine 302
Interests
The British Empire, Global and Transnational History, Modern Britain, East Africa, History of TourismAngela Smith
Graduate Research Assistant for IHS
angelasmith@utexas.edu | 512-471-1362 | GAR 4.104
Education
M.A. History, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
The history of science, natural philosophy, technology, and medicine, including early-modern man-midwifery, pre-Darwinian evolutionary theory, the philosophy of pseudosciences, and the interrelationship between science and religion in Victorian Britain.Sarah Steinbock-Pratt
Graduate student
sarahsteinbockpratt@utexas.edu
Education
M.A. American History, Concordia University, Montreal
Interests
Modern U.S. History, the history of empire, race, and gender, the Pacific world, U.S. in the world, migration and immigration, the history of educationLior Sternfeld
Graduate student
lior@utexas.edu | FAC 27 (or more likely at Cafe Medici)
Education
M.A, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Interests
Social History, Modern Iranian politics, Left movements in the Middle East, Grassroots movements in the Middle East, Transnational Hisotry.Jermaine Thibodeaux
Graduate student
Education
A.B., Cornell University, M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Southern history, African American history, slavery and emancipation, capitalism, public history, and manhood and masculinitiesSundara Vadlamudi
Graduate student
sundarv@utexas.edu | BUR 308
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Modern South Asia - religion, social reform, trading communities, and migrationDavid Villarreal
Graduate student
david.villarreal@utexas.edu | BUR 302
Education
A.B., Harvard University, M.A., Texas A&M UniversityJohn Vurpillat
Graduate student
john.vurpillat@utexas.edu | Caffe Medici
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinEyal Weinberg
Graduate student
eyalw@utexas.edu | BEL 212-W (building located in the football stadium)
Interests
Modern Latin America, particularly twentieth-century Brazil; Dictatorships and military governments; Torture; State violence.Andrew Weiss
Doctoral Student and Teaching Assistant
a.e.weiss@hotmail.com | Email is the best way to contact me. | TBA
Interests
Colonial and Modern Latin America; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mexico; Mexican Church-State Relations/Conflict; Catholic Lived Religion; Post-revolutionary Mexican State Formation; Priísta Mexico; Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern Europe; Antiquity; United States History; Religious Studies; International History, Politics, and Diplomacy.Henry Wiencek
Graduate student
Education
B.A. (History), Haverford College
Interests
Late 18th Century and early 19th Century United States; fluctuations in the political and cultural definitions of citizenship and national identity; cultural and political expressions of xenophobia; the impact of print and media on nationalist discoursesLaurie Wood
Graduate student
lauriemwood@gmail.com | BEL-02-212Z
Education
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
French Colonization and Empire, Atlantic & Indian Oceans, Early America, Comparative History, Business History, Legal Theory and Practice, Families, Networks of Knowledge and Power, Spatial HistorySusan Zakaib
Graduate student
Education
BA (History), Dalhousie University
