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History Department

Faculty

The following is a list of Faculty within the History Department. Click on a web page to learn more about each member's educational background and research interests.

  • Shana Bernstein

    Associate Professor of History
    (512) 863-1428
    Mood-Bridwell 212
    email

  • Melissa Byrnes

    Assistant Professor of History
    (512) 863-1501
    Mood-Bridwell 204
    email
    Specialty: Modern European History, Migration, Human Rights

  • Daniel Castro

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1511
    Mood-Bridwell 215
    email

  • Steven Davidson

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1498
    Mood-Bridwell 217
    email
    Specialty: Chinese and Japanese History; Historiography; World History

  • Robert Gardner

    Visiting Instructor of History
    (512) 863-1593
    Mood-Bridwell 220
    email

  • Robert Gildner

    n/a
    (512) 863-1652
    Mood-Bridwell 338
    email

  • E. Green Musselman

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1595
    Mood-Bridwell 216
    email
    Specialty: history of science, British and imperial history

  • Thomas McClendon

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1414
    Mood-Bridwell 214
    email
    Specialty: African, colonial, and legal history.

  • Adam Paddock

    Part-Time Instructor of History
    (512) 863-1779
    Mood-Bridwell 320
    email
    Specialty: African HistoryWorld HistoryChild Labor and Economics

Emeritus Faculty

Martha M. Allen

Professor Emeritus
Research interests:  Colonial America, Western, and Women 

Weldon S. Crowley

Professor Emeritus
Research interests:  Europe, Historiography, and Macrohistory

William B. Jones

Professor Emeritus
Research interests:  Europe, Reformation, and Intellectual

Jan Dawson

Professor Emeritus
Research interests:  U.S., Environmental, and Gender Studies