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History

Our Faculty

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

  • Shana Bernstein

    Associate Professor of History
    (512) 863-1428
    Mood-Bridwell 212
    email
    Specialty: Urban, Civil Rights, Social Reform, Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Environmental, and U.S. West 

  • Melissa Byrnes

    Assistant Professor of History
    (512) 863-1501
    Mood-Bridwell 204
    email
    Specialty: Modern European History France and the French EmpireMigrationHuman RightsHumanitarianism 

  • 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
    Specialty: U.S. History, Environmental History, History of Technology

  • Melissa Kravetz

    Visiting Assistant Professor of History
    (512) 863-1595
    Mood-Bridwell 216
    email
    Specialty: Modern Europe (especially Germany); Women and Gender; History of Science and Medicine; Early Modern and Modern World

  • Thomas McClendon

    Professor of History
    (512) 863-1414
    Mood-Bridwell 214
    email
    Specialty: African history (particularly South Africa), colonialism, apartheid, and legal history.

Emeritus Faculty

Martha M. Allen

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

Daniel Castro

Professor Emeritus
Research Interests:  Colonial and Modern Indoamerica, Religion, Revolution

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