Faculty and Staff

Molly Michelmore
Professor of History, Department Head
Newcomb Hall 103
540-458-8779
michelmorem@wlu.edu

Twentieth Century U.S. Political, Cultural and Social

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
Sabbatical for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
Newcomb Hall 206
540-458-8770
bellod@wlu.edu

China and Japan

Michelle D. Brock
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

Matthew Chalmers
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb 314
540-458-8788
mchalmers@wlu.edu

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

Alana Holland
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb 223
540-458-8912
aholland@wlu.edu

Modern Russia and Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, Cultural and Legal History.

Sarah Horowitz
Professor of History
Newcomb 306
540-458-8773
horowitzs@wlu.edu

Modern Europe, France, History of Gender and Sexuality

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 211
540-458-8772
fsammons@wlu.edu

Melissa Vise
Associate Professor of History, Head of the Italian Studies Faculty Cohort
On Leave 2024-2025
Newcomb Hall 314
540-458-8249
mvise@wlu.edu

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

Richard Bidlack
Martin and Brooke Stein Professor of History, Emeritus
bidlackr@wlu.edu

Modern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia

William Patch
Kenan Professor of History
540-263-2005
patchw@wlu.edu

Modern Europe, Germany, International Relations

Roberta Senechal
Professor of History, Emeritus
senechalr@wlu.edu

U.S. Social History, Violence, Women in America