Department of History

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

Email: robert.brown@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6438
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 212
Web Page: www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/
Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10:00 AM; TR 9:30-10:30 AM

Courses Offered

• HST 1140 - World Civilizations to 1500
• HST 3000 - Introduction to the Study of History
• HST 3290 - Revolution, Liberalism and Nationalism in Europe
• HST 3320 - Twentieth Century Europe
• HST 4300 - Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
• HST 4510 - Senior Seminar
• HSTS 4100 - Topics in History: The City in European History

Ryan Anderson, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, American Studies Program
(Ph.D., Purdue University)
Email: ryan.anderson@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.775.4263
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 211
Office Hours: MW 12:30-1:30 PM; F 12:30-3:00 PM; and by appt.

Courses Offered

• 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

Charles Beem, Associate Professor and Coordinator, British Studies Minor
(Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Email: charles.beem@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6229
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 205
Web Page: www.tudorhistorian.com
Office Hours: TR 8:00-9:30 AM, 1:45-2:45 PM

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 (graduate)

Scott Billingsley, Associate Professor and SSE Graduate Coordinator
(Ph.D., Auburn University)

Email: scott.billingsley@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6807
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room
Web Page: www.uncp.edu/home/billings/
Office Hours: 10:45 AM -12:30 PM; and by appointment

Courses Offered

• HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
• HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877
• HSTS 4210- Religion in America
• HSTS 4460 - Tech. and American Society
• HSTS 4500 - U.S. History Since 1945
• HSTS 5530 - Religion in America (graduate)
• SSE 5500 - Adv. Social Studies Curriculum and Instructional Methods (graduate)
• SSE 5750 - Social Studies Curriculum Transformation (graduate)

Weston F. Cook, Professor
(Ph.D., Georgetown University)

Email: weston.cook@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6440
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 206
Office Hours: MW 9:00 AM-12:00 PM; TR 12:30-2:00 PM; F by appointment

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
• HSTS 4350 - Twentieth-Century World

Annika Culver, Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)

Email: annika.culver@uncp.edu
Phone:
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 210
Office Hours: MF 11:20 AM-12:20 PM; W 10:00 AM-12:20 PM; and MWF 1:30-2:20 PM by appt.

Courses Offered

• HST 1150 - World Civilizations since 1500
• HST 3730 - Comparative Asian Civilizations
• HSTS 3315 - Japanese Civilization
  

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

Email: bdehart@hotmail.com
Phone: 910.521.6627
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 208
Office Hours: TR 10:00 AM -12:00 PM; and by appointment

Courses Offered

• HST 1150 - World Civilizations Since 1500
• HST 4210 - History of Modern Germany, 1866 to the Present
• HST 4220 - The Second World War
• HST 4320 - A History of Imperial Russia, 1682 to 1917
• HST 4330 - History of Soviet Russia, 1917 to the Present
• HST 5650 - Europe: Germany Since 1866 (graduate)
• HSTS 4185 - Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing in the 20th C.
• HSTS 4230 - The Holocaust
• HSTS 5020 - The Holocaust (graduate)

Jeff Frederick, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Auburn University)

Email: jeff.frederick@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6439
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 241-B
Office Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 AM; and by appt.

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
• HSTS 4350 - Topics in History: American Political History
• HSTS 4360 - Topics in History: The Civil Rights Movement
• HSTS 4390 - Topics in History: Sports and American Society
• HST 5510 - History of the New South (graduate)

Kathleen C. Hilton, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Special Projects
(Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University)

Email: kathleen.hilton@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6271
Office: Lumbee Hall, Room 253
Web Page: www.uncp.edu/home/kch/

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 (graduate)

Jeff Lucas, Assistant Professor and SSE Undergraduate Coordinator
(Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso)

Email: jeffrey.lucas@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6441
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 207
Office Hours: TR 11:30 AM-2:00 PM; and by appt.

Courses Offered

• HST 1020 - American Civilizations Since 1877
• HST 3840 - Colonial Latin America
• HST 3860 - Latin America since Independence
• HST 3870 - Modern Mexico
• SSE 3000 - Intro to Teaching Social Studies
• SSE 3650 - Content and Techniques of Social Studies
• SSE 4000 - Methods for Teaching Social Studies
• SSE 4480 - Student Teaching

Jaime Martinez, Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., The University of Virginia at Charlottesville)

Email: jaime.martinez@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6229
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 209
Office Hours: MTW 10:00-11:15 AM, and by appt.

Courses Offered

• HST 1010 - American Civilizations to 1877
• HST 3100 - Civil War & Reconstruction
• HST 3610 - African American History to 1863
• HSTS 3315 - African American Women

Rose Stremlau, Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Email: stremlau@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6317
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 209
Office Hours: R 12:00-2:00 PM

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
• HSTS 3260 - Indians of the Southeast

J. Mark Thompson, Associate Professor
(Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Email: mark.thompson@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6444
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 210
Web Page: www.uncp.edu/home/thompson/
Office Hours: M 1:30-3:30 PM; T 9:00-10:30 AM; R 3:15-4:30 PM; and by appointment

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 4060 - American Military History
• HST 4130 - History of U.S. Foreign Policy
• HST 5100 - Advanced North Carolina History (graduate)
• HST 5540 - The American Revolution (graduate)
• HSTS 4180 - War & American Society

Elaine Davis, Lecturer

Email: davise.lshs@rebeson.k12.nc.us
Phone: 910.521.6229

Courses Scheduled

• SSE 3000 - Intro to Teaching Social Studie

Robert Nelms, Lecturer

Email: robert.nelms@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6229

Courses Scheduled

• HST 3170W - History of North Carolina

Becky Zimmer, Lecturer

Email: rebecca.zimmer@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6229

Courses Scheduled

• HST 1020 - American Civilizations since 1877

Janet Gentes, Administrative Secretary

Email: janet.gentes@uncp.edu
Phone: 910.521.6229
Office: Dial Humanities Building, Room 203

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.