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Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
![Michelmore, Molly](images/directory/thumbnails/michelmorem.jpg)
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
![Atanasova, Kameliya N.](images/directory/thumbnails/atanasovak.jpg)
Kameliya N. Atanasova
Assistant Professor of Religion
Tucker 207
540-458-8797
atanasovak@wlu.edu
![Ballah, Henryatta](images/directory/thumbnails/hballah.jpg)
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
![Bello, David](images/directory/thumbnails/bellod.jpg)
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
![Bidlack, Richard](images/directory/thumbnails/bidlackr.jpg)
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
![Brock, Michelle D.](images/directory/thumbnails/brockm.jpg)
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
![Dennie, Nneka](images/directory/thumbnails/ndennie.jpg)
Nneka Dennie
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb 221
540-458-8963
ndennie@wlu.edu
African American history, Black feminism, Women's history, Caribbean history
![Green, Romina](images/directory/thumbnails/rgreen.jpg)
Romina Green
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 205
540-458-8094
rgreen@wlu.edu
![Myers, Barton A.](images/directory/thumbnails/myersb.jpg)
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
![Rupke, Nicolaas A.](images/directory/thumbnails/rupken.jpg)
Nicolaas A. Rupke
Johnson Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 203
540-458-8344
rupken@wlu.edu
History of Science
![Sammons, Franklin](images/directory/thumbnails/fsammons.jpg)
Franklin Sammons
Assistant Professor of History
Newcomb Hall 223
540-458-8772
fsammons@wlu.edu
![Vise, Melissa](images/directory/thumbnails/mvise.jpg)
Melissa Vise
Associate Professor of History, Head of the Italian Studies Faculty Cohort
Newcomb Hall 314
540-458-8249
mvise@wlu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
![Bell, Alison](images/directory/thumbnails/bella.jpg)
Alison Bell
Professor of Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 309
540-458-8638
bella@wlu.edu
![Eastwood, Jonathan](images/directory/thumbnails/eastwoodj.jpg)
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
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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
![Senechal, Roberta](images/directory/thumbnails/senechalr.jpg)
Roberta Senechal
Professor of History, Emeritus
senechalr@wlu.edu
U.S. Social History, Violence, Women in America