Affiliate and Courtesy Faculty

Shawn Alexander, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies (PhD., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2004) and interim director of the Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas. His area of concentration is African American social and intellectual history of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Ruben Flores, Assistant Professor of American Studies (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley). His research interests include Latin American migration to the United States, the comparative histories of Mexico and the US, and the development of the social sciences during the era of industrialization.

Christopher Forth, Professor of Humanities & Western Civilization (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994). His research and teaching interests revolve around the cultural history of gender, sexuality and the body, with an initial focus on France that has expanded in recent years to include American and British culture.

Christopher Gabel, Department of Military History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His research interests include 19th/20th century U.S. military history, the U.S. Army in World War II, and military railroading.

Tanya Hart, joint Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality (Ph.D., Yale University). Her areas of interest are women's studies, African American studies, public health and medicine in U.S. history, and migration studies, all with an overarching emphasis on identity formation.

Michael Hoeflich, Professor of Law (J.D., Yale, 1979; Ph.D., Cambridge, 2001). His research interests include Ethics, legal history, comparative law, contracts.

Randal Jelks, Associate Professor of American Studies and African & African American Studies (Ph.D., Michigan State). His research and writing interests are in the area of African American Religious, Urban, and Civil Rights History.

David Katzman, Professor of American Studies (Ph.D., University of Michigan). His research and teaching focus on American culture and race, ethnicity, identity, work, migration, and community.

Richard Ring, Watson Library (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medieval History; MLS, University of Wisconsin-Madison). His research interests include Early Medieval Europe, especially Italy; Anglo-Saxon England; and Charlemagne.

John L. Rury, Professor of Education (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin). His research interests include History of American education and education policy studies, especially concerning urban schools.

Joshua Rosenbloom, Professor of Economics (Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University) and Associate Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies. His research interests include U.S. Economic History, and Applied Microeconomics.

Ann Schofield, Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Ph.D., the State University of New York at Binghamton, 1980). Her area of concentration is U.S. Women's History.

William Tuttle, Professor Emeritus of American Studies (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin). His research interests include social and cultural history, recent American history, and African American history.

James Willbanks, Director, Department of Military History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. His research interests include 20th Century U.S. military history, the Vietnam War.