Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
Molly Michelmore
Professor of History, Department Head
Newcomb Hall 103
540-458-8779
michelmorem@wlu.edu
Twentieth Century U.S. Political, Cultural and Social
Faculty
Kameliya N. Atanasova
Assistant Professor of Religion
Tucker 207
540-458-8797
atanasovak@wlu.edu
Henryatta Ballah
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb 218
540-458-8456
hballah@wlu.edu
Nineteenth and Twentieth-century Africa, the Atlantic World, Civil Wars, Youth and Social Movements, and Women's History
David A. Bello
Elizabeth Lewis Otey, Professor of East Asian Studies, Director of East Asian Studies
Newcomb Hall 206
540-458-8770
bellod@wlu.edu
China and Japan
Richard Bidlack
Martin and Brooke Stein Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 211
540-458-8912
bidlackr@wlu.edu
Modern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Michelle D. Brock
Associate Professor of History
Newcomb 219
540-458-8780
brockm@wlu.edu
The Age of the Witch-hunts, history of Medieval, early modern, and modern Britain, Scottish history, the British Reformations
Nneka Dennie
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb 221
540-458-8963
ndennie@wlu.edu
African American history, Black feminism, Women's history, Caribbean history
Romina Green
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 205
540-458-8094
rgreen@wlu.edu
Barton A. Myers
Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 223
540-458-8776
myersb@wlu.edu
American Civil War, War and Society, U.S. South, Public History
Nicolaas A. Rupke
Johnson Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 203
540-458-8344
rupken@wlu.edu
History of Science
Franklin Sammons
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 223
540-458-8772
fsammons@wlu.edu
Melissa Vise
Associate Professor of History, Head of the Italian Studies Faculty Cohort
Newcomb Hall 314
540-458-8249
mvise@wlu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Alison Bell
Professor of Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 309
540-458-8638
bella@wlu.edu
Jonathan Eastwood
Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 104
540-458-8777
eastwoodj@wlu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Roger B. Jeans
Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of History, Emeritus
jeansr@wlu.edu
Barry Machado
Professor of History, Emeritus
Lake Geneva, WI
machadob@wlu.edu
J. Holt Merchant
Professor of History, Emeritus
merchanth@wlu.edu
William Patch
Kenan Professor of History
540-263-2005
patchw@wlu.edu
Modern Europe, Germany, International Relations
Henry P. Porter, Jr.
Professor of History, Emeritus
porterh@wlu.edu
I. Taylor Sanders
Professor of History, Emeritus
17taylorbabs@embarqmail.com
Roberta Senechal
Professor of History, Emeritus
senechalr@wlu.edu
U.S. Social History, Violence, Women in America
Administrative Assistant
Cassady Sapp
Academic Administrative Assistant II
Newcomb Hall 105
540-458-8771
csapp@wlu.edu