History Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Sanjam Ahluwalia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Delhi; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati 2000)

Women and gender histories, feminist theories, world history, histories of birth control and reproductive health

NAU 2000

Michael A. Amundson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.A., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Nebraska 1996)

American West, recent United States, history of photography

NAU 1996

Charles W. Connell, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Rutgers University 1969)

Medieval history

NAU 1995

Leilah Danielson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 2003)

U.S. history, cultural and intellectual history of the United States

NAU 2003

Susan M. Deeds, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1981)

Latin America, Mexico, borderlands

NAU 1986

Paul V. Dutton, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of California–Santa Cruz; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of California–San Diego 1997)

Education, European history, international relations

NAU 1997

John D. Haeger, Ph.D., Professor, University President

(B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Loyola University 1969)

Business and economic history, Midwestern frontier

NAU 2000

Lomayumtewa C. Ishii, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 2001)

Native American history and historiography, American West and borderlands

NAU 2004

Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Delhi; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1995)

South Asia, modern India, colonialism and nationalism

NAU 1996

David H. Kitterman, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Washington 1972)

Germany, Russia, modern Europe

NAU 1970

Cynthia K. Kosso, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department Chair

(B.A., Montana State University; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Illinois–Chicago 1993)

Ancient world, archaeology

NAU 1995

John K. Leung, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University 1982)

Chinese intellectual and social history, modern China, modern Japan

NAU 1989

George M. Lubick, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Toledo 1974)

Environmental history, American West

NAU 1977

Eric Meeks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 2001)

Chicano/a history, United States history

NAU 2001

Margaret R. Morley, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison 1972)

American diplomatic, women’s history, early nineteenth century American history

NAU 1970

Scott Reese, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1996)

African and Islamic history, world history

NAU 2001

Lindsay Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University 1982)

European cultural and social history, France, women, medicine

NAU 1995

Adjunct Faculty

James E. Babbitt, M.L.S.

(B.A., Stanford University; M.L.S., University of California–Berkeley 1976)

Local history, business history, museum management

NAU 1990

L. Rick Tilman, Ph.D.

(B.S., Oregon State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1966)

U.S. economic and political history, democratic theory

NAU 2004

Faculty Emeriti

Harvey W. Becher, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Northwest Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri 1970)

History of science, modern Europe

NAU 1970 (retired 1999)

Clara M. Lovett, Ph.D., Professor, University President Emerita

(B.A. equivalent, University of Trieste, Italy; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 1970)

Nineteenth-century Europe (politics and social structures), Italy, France, history of education

NAU 1994 (retired 2001)

William H. Lyon, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.Ed., Central Missouri State College; A.M., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Missouri 1958)

American West, frontier journalism, American Indian

NAU 1958 (retired 1990)

Dwight E. Mayo, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Maryland; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)

NAU 1967 (retired 1983)

Larry A. McFarlane, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri 1963)

American economic, business, and agricultural history

NAU 1962–70, 1971 (retired 2001)

Katharine F. Nutt, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A.Ed., Mary Washington College; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico)

NAU 1962 (retired 1982)

Monte M. Poen, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.A., California State University–San Jose; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri 1963)

Recent America, American presidency

NAU 1966 (retired 1996)

Philip R. Rulon, Ed.D., Professor

(B.A., Washburn University; M.A., Emporia State University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University 1968)

Education, American presidency

NAU 1967 (retired 1998)

David K. Strate, Ed.D., Professor

(B.A., St. Mary of the Plains; M.A., New Mexico Highlands University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University 1969)

Education, American West, oral history

NAU 1970 (retired 1999)

Andrew Wallace, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1968)

Arizona and Southwest, military, Civil War

NAU 1968 (retired 1997)