Faculty  

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Robert W. Brown Robert W. Brown
Professor and Department Chair
(PhD, Duke University)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 1140 - World Civilizations to 1500
     HST 3000 - Introduction to the Study of History
     HST 3290 - Revolution, Liberalism &
                        Nationalism in Europe
     HST 3320 - Twentieth Century Europe
     HST 4300 - Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
     HSTS4100 - The City in European History
     HST 4510 - Senior Seminar

Webpage:
     www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/

Email:
     robert.brown@uncp.edu

Ryan Anderson
Assistant Professor
American Studies Coordinator
(PhD, Purdue University)

Courses Offered:
    
AST 2010 - Introduction to American Studies
     HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HST 3140 - Gilded Age and Progressive Era
     HST 3150 - War, Prosperity, and Depression,
                        1912-1945
     HST 4100 - Themes in U.S. Social History

Email:
    ryan.anderson@uncp.edu

Ryan Anderson
Charles Beem Charles Beem
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, British Studies Minor
(PhD, University of Arizona)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 1140 - World Civilizations to 1500
     HST 2140 - Intro to British Studies
     HST 3270 - Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789
     HST 4170 - Modern Britain
     HST 4410 - History of Medieval Britain
     HST 4420 - Tudor/Stuart Britain
     HST 4430 - British Empire
     HST 5080 - Medieval Britain

Webpage:
     www.tudorhistorian.com

Email:
     charles.beem@uncp.edu

Scott Billingsley
Assistant Professor
SSE Graduate Coordinator
(PhD, Auburn University)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HSTS 4210 - Religion in America
     HSTS 4460 - Technology & American Society
     HSTS 4500 - U.S. History Since 1945
     HSTS 5530 - Religion in America (Graduate)
     SSE 5500 - Advanced Social Studies Curriculum
                       and Instructional Methods
     SSE 5750 - Social Studies Curriculum
                       Transformation

Webpage:
     www.uncp.edu/home/billings/

Email:
    scott.billingsley@uncp.edu

Scott Billingsley

Weston F. Cook Weston F. Cook
Professor
(PhD, Georgetown University)

Courses Offered:
     HST 1140 - World Civilizations to 1500
     HST 3210 - Ancient History
     HST 3230 - The Middle Ages
     HST 3240 - Byzantine and Islamic History
     HST 3510 - History of the Modern Middle East
     HST 3750 - History of Sub-Sahara Africa
     HST 3720 - History of South Asia
     HST 3811 - History of Iran
     HSTS4350 - Twentieth-Century World
     HSTS5220 - History of India

Email:
     weston.cook@uncp.edu

Annika Culver
Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Chicago)

Courses Offered:
     
HST 1150 - World Civilizations Since 1500
     HST 3730 - Comparative Asian Civilization
     HSTS 3315 - Japanese Civilization

Email:
     annika.culver@uncp.edu

Annika Culver
Bruce J. DeHart

Bruce J. Dehart
Associate Professor
(PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Courses Offered:
     
HST 1150 - World Civilizations Since 1500
     HST 4185 - Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing in the 20th C.
     HST 4210 - History of Modern German
     HST 4220 - The Second World War
     HST 4320 - History of Imperial Russia
     HST 4330 - History of Soviet Russia
     HST 5650 - Europe: Germany Since 1866
    
HSTS4230 - The Holocaust
     HSTS5020 - The Holocaust (Graduate)

Email:
     bdehart@hotmail.com

Jeffery J. Frederick
Assistant Professor
(PhD, Auburn University)

Courses Offered:
     
HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HST 4040 - History of the Old South to 1865
     HST 4050 - History of the New South, 1865-1980
     HSTS4350 - American Political History
     HSTS4360 - Civil Rights Movement
     HSTS4390 - Sports and American Society
     HST 5510 - History of the New South (graduate)

Email:
     jeff.frederick@uncp.edu

 

Jeffrey J. Frederick
Kathleen C. Hilton Kathleen C. Hilton
Professor
Associate Vice Chancellor ASAD Plan/SP
(PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 3800 - Women and the Development
                        of U.S. Society
    
HST 4070 - Women in US History, 1870-Present
     HST 3820 - Growing Up American
     HST 4100 - U.S. Social History
     HST 5750 - Women in US Society,
                        1870 - Present

Webpage:
     www.uncp.edu/home/kch

Email:
     kathleen.hilton@uncp.edu

Jeffrey Lucas
Assistant Professor
SSE Undergraduate Coordinator

(PhD, University of Texas at El Paso)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 1020 - American Civilizations Since 1877
     HST 3840 - Colonial Latin America
     HST 3860 - Latin America since Independence
     HST XXX - Twentieth-Century Mexico
     HSTS 5230 - Colonial Latin America (graduate)
     SSE 3000 - Intro to Teaching Social Studies
     SSE 3650 - Content & Techniques of
                       Social Studies
     SSE 4000 - Methods for Teaching Social Studies
     SSE 4480 - Student Teaching

Email:
     jeffrey.lucas@uncp.edu

Jeffrey Lucas
Jaime Martinez Jaime Martinez
Assistant Professor
(PhD, The University of Virginia at Charlottesville)

Courses Offered:
     HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 3100 - Civil War and Reconstruction
     HST 3610 - African American History
     HSTS 3315 - African American Women

Email:
     jaime.martinez@uncp.edu

Rose Stremlau
Assistant Professor
(PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Courses Offered:
     HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HST 1100 - American Indian History to 1865
     HST 1110 - American Indian History since 1865
     HST 3800 - Women and the Development
                        of U.S. Society
     HST 4070 - Women in US History since 1870

Email:
     stremlau@uncp.edu

Rose Stremlau
Mark Thompson J. Mark Thompson
Associate Professor
(PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Courses Offered:
    
HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HST 3050 - The American Colonies
     HST 3060 - Revolution & the Young Republic
     HST 3170 - History of North Carolina
     HST 4130 - History of U.S. Foreign Policy
     HST 5100 - Advanced North Carolina History
     HST 5540 - Readings on the American Revolution

Webpage:
     www.uncp.edu/home/thompson

Email:
     mark.thompson@uncp.edu

 

  Faculty — Adjunct & Part-Time  

 

 
Elaine Davis

Lecturer

Courses Scheduled:
     SSE 3000 - Intro to Teaching Social Studies

Email:
     davise.lshs@rebeson.k12.nc.us

 
Robert Nelms

Lecturer

Courses Scheduled:
     HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
     HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
     HST 3170 - History of North Carolina

Email:
     robert.nelms@uncp.edu

 

  Staff  

 

Janet Gentes
Administrative Secretary

Ms. Gentes shoulders many responsibilities, serving as the receptionist, providing support to the faculty, maintaining departmental files, assisting with student registration, and performing a wide variety of essential tasks.

Email:
     janet.gentes@uncp.edu

 

  Faculty — Retired and Emeritus  

 

John Chay
UNCP Service: 1969-1995
(PhD, University of Michigan)
Manuel "Mickey" Conley
UNCP Service: 1987-2005
(DA, Middle Tennessee State University)
Jerome A. McDuffie
UNCP Service: 1967-2002
(PhD, Kent State University)
William P. Turner
UNCP Service: 1978-1995
(PhD, West Virginia University)