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Faculty & Staff

Meet Our Team

W. Taylor Fain, Ph.D.

Department Chair & Associate Professor: America in the World; International History

Morton Hall 260
fainwt@uncw.edu


Yixin Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: Twentieth-Century Chinese History

Morton Hall 230
cheny@uncw.edu


Nathan Crowe, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Coordinator & Associate Professor: History of Science

Professor Nathan Crowe is an award winning teacher and researcher. His first book, Forgotten Clones: The Birth of Cloning and the Biological Revolution, was published with the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2021. The book was honored as a top forty best seller in the History of Science by the Library Journal for 2021-2022. He is also the author of numerous articles on memory and memorialization of biotechnologies, the history of developmental biology after WWII, and the ethical and environmental issues emerging with contemporary research into marine biotechnologies. Prof. Crowe teaches a wide variety of courses related the history of science, technology, medicine, and medical humanities. His teaching has earned him every available teaching award at UNCW: The Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, The Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award and The Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. Prof. Crowe is also the department’s Undergraduate Coordinator. His dedication to undergraduates at UNCW earned him the Discere Aude award for outstanding student mentoring.

Morton Hall 228
crowen@uncw.edu


Venkat Dhulipala, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: History of Modern South Asia

Morton Hall 257
dhulipalav@uncw.edu


Glen A. Harris, Ph.D.

Professor: African-American History; U.S. History; Harlem Renaissance; Civil Rights Movement; Hollywood and Black Film

Morton Hall 258
harrisg@uncw.edu


T. Robert Hart, Ph.D.

Lecturer: Environmental History; Southern History

Morton Hall 261
hartt@uncw.edu


David Houpt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: Revolutionary America; Political Culture; Atlantic World

Morton Hall 234
houptd@uncw.edu


Julius L. Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: African American History; Public History

Morton Hall 221
jonesjla@uncw.edu


David La Vere, Ph.D.

Professor: Southeastern and North Carolina Indians; Southern Plains

Morton Hall 233
lavered@uncw.edu


Jennifer Le Zotte, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: Public History; Modern U.S. Material Culture; Race, Gender, and Sexuality

Morton Hall 226
lezottej@uncw.edu


Stephen McFarland, Ph.D.

Professor: History of Flight; Technology; Middle East

Morton Hall 225
mcfarlands@uncw.edu


Eva Mehl, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: History of Latin America and the Spanish Empire

Morton Hall 229
mehle@uncw.edu


Lynn W. Mollenauer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: Early Modern European History

Morton Hall 232
mollenauerl@uncw.edu


Nathan Pilkington, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: Ancient Mediterranean World

Morton Hall 231
pilkingtonn@uncw.edu


 

Michael M. Seidman, Ph.D.

Professor: Modern Europe and Social/Individual History

Prof. Seidman is the author of five books. His most recent book is Transatlantic Antifascisms: From the Spanish Civil War to the end of World War II, published by Cambridge University Press (2018). His previous books have all earned awards. The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War (2011) was honored by Revista de Prensa as one of the fifteen best “revisionist” books on the Spanish Civil War. The Imaginary Revolution: Parisian Students and Workers in 1968 (2004) was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Republic of Egos: A Social History of the Spanish Civil War (2002) was also selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Finally, Prof. Seidman’s first book Workers against Work:  Labor in Paris and Barcelona during the Popular Fronts (1936-38) (1991) has been translated into Japanese, Greek, Turkish, French, German, Spanish and Hungarian. More than thirty years after its initial publication, Workers against Work has established itself as a pathbreaking book in the history of labor. To learn more about his research, please visit his personal website.

Morton Hall 224
seidmanm@uncw.edu 
Website: https://www.michaelmseidman.com


Kenneth P. Shefsiek, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: Public History and Colonial U.S.

Morton Hall 264
shefsiekk@uncw.edu


Robert Mark Spaulding, Ph.D.

Professor: Germany; European Political Economy; Global Trade

Morton Hall 227
spauldingr@uncw.edu


Jarrod Tanny, Ph.D.

Associate Professor: Russian-Jewish History

Morton Hall 254
tannyj@uncw.edu 
Website: http://jarrodtanny.com/


Liz Timbs, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: African History

Morton Hall 253
timbse@uncw.edu


Paul Townend, Ph.D.

Professor: Modern and Early British and Irish History

Morton Hall 263
townendp@uncw.edu


Tara White, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: African Merican History; Public History; American; Women's History; Civil Rights History

Morton Hall 220
whiteta@uncw.edu


Angie Zombek, Ph.D.

Graduate Coordinator & Associate Professor: U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction; The Old South; Gender

Morton Hall 259
zombeka@uncw.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nana Amponsah, Ph.D.

amponsahn@uncw.edu


 

Tyler Bennett, M.A.

Morton Hall 211
bennettt@uncw.edu


 

Ryan Chapman, M.A.

chapmanrj@uncw.edu


Sean Goforth, M.A.

goforths@uncw.edu


Joseph P. Gouverneur, Ph.D.

Morton Hall 211
gouverneurj@uncw.edu


Matthew Hassett, M.A.

Morton Hall 213
hassettm@uncw.edu


Donald Johnson, M.D., M.A.

Morton Hall 213
johnsondg@uncw.edu


Lisa Pollard, Ph.D.

pollardl@uncw.edu


Kristofer Ray, Ph.D.

Morton Hall 222
rayk@uncw.edu


Kimberly Sherman, Ph.D.

Morton Hall 229
shermank@uncw.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carole Fink, Ph.D.

finkc@uncw.edu

Kathleen A. Berkeley, Ph.D.

Candice Bredbenner, Ph.D.

Walter H. Conser, Ph.D.

Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr., Ph.D.

Susan P. McCaffray, Ph.D.

Melton McLaurin, Ph.D.

Lisa Pollard, Ph.D.

Robert Toplin, Ph.D.

Larry Usilton, Ph.D.

Alan Watson, Ph.D.

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