Faculty Directory

Full Time Faculty

Professor Emma Amador

Emma Amador

Assistant Professor

emma.amador@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Fakhreddin Azimi, professor of history, UConn

Fakhreddin Azimi

Professor

fakhreddin.azimi@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Joel Blatt, associate professor of history

Joel Blatt

Associate Professor

joel.blatt@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Jason Chang, associate professor of history

Jason Chang

Associate Professor

jason.o.chang@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Associate professor of history, Deidre Cooper Owens

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Associate Professor

deirdre.cooper_owens@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Frank Costigliola, distinguished professor of history, outside Wood Hall on May 31, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Frank Costigliola

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

frank.costigliola@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Cornelia Dayton, professor of history, on Oct. 27, 2021. (Kayla Simon/UConn Photo)

Cornelia Dayton

Professor

cornelia.dayton@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Elizabeth Della Zazzera, Assistant Professor in Residence, History Department

Elizabeth Della Zazzera

Assistant Professor in Residence

elizabethdz@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Alexis Dudden, professor of history, UConn

Alexis Dudden

Professor

alexis.dudden@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Picture of Professor Kevin Feeney in a light blue short sleeved shirt, olive green shorts, sunglasses, and a ball cap outside Hadrian's Villa.

Kevin Feeney

Assistant Professor

kevin.m.feeney@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Dexter Gabriel, assistant professor of history, UConn

Dexter Gabriel

Assistant Professor

dexter.gabriel@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Professor Mark Healey, head of the UConn History Department

Mark Healey

Associate Professor and Department Head

mark.healey@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Andy Horowitz, associate professor of History and Connecticut State Historian

Andy Horowitz

Associate Professor and CT State Historian

andy.horowitz@uconn.edu

Campus: Hartford

Brendan Kane, Professor of History, University of Connecticut

Brendan Kane

Professor

brendan.kane@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Professor Ariel Mae Lambe

Ariel Lambe

Associate Professor

ariel.lambe@uconn.edu

Campus: Waterbury

Charles Lansing on Sept. 7, 2021. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Charles Lansing

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director

charles.lansing@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Peter Lavelle, associate professor of history

Peter Lavelle

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head

peter.lavelle@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Sergio Luzzatto, professor of history, UConn

Sergio Luzzatto

Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History

sergio.luzzatto@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Hana Maruyama, assistant professor of history, on Nov. 17, 2021. (Kayla Simon/UConn Photo)

Hana Maruyama

Assistant Professor

hana.maruyama@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Micki McElya, professor of history, UConn

Micki McElya

Professor

micki.mcelya@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Matt McKenzie, professor of history, UConn

Matthew McKenzie

Professor

matthew.mckenzie@uconn.edu

Campus: Avery Point

Melanie Newport, assistant professor of history, on Oct. 17, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Melanie Newport

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

melanie.newport@uconn.edu

Campus: Hartford

Jeff Ogbar, professor of history, UConn

Jeffrey Ogbar

Professor

jeffrey.ogbar@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, professor of history, on Aug. 20, 2019. (/UConn Photo)

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez

Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford

Mark.Velazquez@uconn.edu

Campus: Hartford

Melina Pappademos, associate professor of history, UConn

Melina Pappademos

Associate Professor

melina.pappademos@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Mars Plater, assistant professor of history

Mars Plater

Assistant Professor

mars.plater@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Tina Reardon, lecturer in history

Tina Reardon

Lecturer

tina.reardon@uconn.edu

Campus: Waterbury

Luke A. Reynolds, visiting assistant professor, History Department. Photo by M.H. McFerren, 2022.

Luke A. Reynolds

Assistant Professor in Residence

luke.a.reynolds@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Adjunct Professor of History Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury

Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury

Assistant Professor in Residence

sharmishtha.roy_chowdhury@uconn.edu

Campus: Hartford

Helen Rozwadowski, professor of history, on Oct. 4, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Helen Rozwadowski

Professor

helen.rozwadowski@uconn.edu

Campus: Avery Point

Ricardo Salazar-Rey, associate professor of history

Ricardo Salazar-Rey

Associate Professor

ricardo.salazar-rey@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Sara Silverstein, associate professor of history and human rights

Sara Silverstein

Associate Professor

sara.silverstein@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Brad Simpson, associate professor of history, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Kayla Simon/UConn Photo)

Bradley Simpson

Professor

bradley.simpson@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Manisha Sinha, professor of history

Manisha Sinha

James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History

manisha.sinha@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

William Theiss, assistant professor of history

William Theiss

Assistant Professor

william.theiss@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Nu-Anh Tran, assistant professor of history, UConn

Nu-Anh Tran

Associate Professor

nu-anh.tran@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Fiona Vernal, associate professor of history, UConn

Fiona Vernal

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Africana Studies Institute

fiona.vernal@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Exterior image of Wood Hall, home of the UConn History Department.

Janet Watson

Associate Professor

janet.watson@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Kaveh Yazdani, assistant professor of history, on Oct. 27, 2021. (Kayla Simon/UConn Photo)

Kaveh Yazdani

Assistant Professor

kaveh.yazdani@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Peter Zarrow, professor of history, UConn

Peter Zarrow

Professor

peter.zarrow@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Victor Zatsepine on Oct. 13, 2021. (Kayla Simon/UConn Photo)

Victor Zatsepine

Associate Professor

victor.zatsepine@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Part Time Faculty

Katharine Beene, graduate student

Katharine Beene

Adjunct Professor

katharine.beene@uconn.edu

Storrs

Paulo Contreras, adjunct professor of history

Paulo Contreras

Adjunct Professor

paulo.contreras@uconn.edu

Campus: Avery Point & Hartford

Adjunct Professor of History, Lou Cretella

Louis Cretella

Adjunct Professor

louis.cretella@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford & Waterbury

Adjunct Professor of History, Robert Macieski on Oct. 18, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Robert Macieski

Adjunct Professor

robert.macieski@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Visiting Professor Thomas Maulucci

Thomas Maulucci

Adjunct Professor

thomas.maulucci@uconn.edu

Campus: Storrs

Adjunct Professor of History, Jonathan Michaels

Jonathan Michaels

Adjunct Professor

jonathan.michaels@uconn.edu

Campus: Hartford

Johanna Ortner, adjunct professor of history at UConn Stamford

Johanna Ortner

Adjunct Professor

johanna.ortner@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Margaret Robinson

Adjunct Professor

margaret.robinson@uconn.edu

Campus: Avery Point

Meredith Rusoff, adjunct professor of history, UConn Stamford

Meredith Rusoff

Adjunct Professor

meredith.rusoff@uconn.edu

Campus: Stamford

Image of Professor Henry Snow, a young white man with brown hair, glasses, and a mustache and goatee.

Henry Snow

Adjunct Professor

Campus: Storrs

Nancy Steenburg, instructor of history, UConn Avery Point

Nancy Steenburg

Adjunct Professor

nancy.steenburg@uconn.edu

Campus: Avery Point

Karl Valois, adjunct professor of history

Karl Valois

Adjunct Professor

karl.valois@uconn.edu

Campus: Waterbury

Affiliated Faculty

Clarissa Ceglio, associate professor of Digital Media & Design
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Clarissa Ceglio (opens in new window)

Associate Professor, Digital Media and Design

Campus: Storrs

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Jessica Cooperman (opens in new window)

Doris and Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life

Campus: Storrs

Rodolfo Fernandez, assistant-professor-in-residence, El Instituto
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Rodolfo Fernandez (opens in new window)

Assistant Professor in Residence, El Instituto

Campus: Storrs

Daniel Hershenzon, associate professor of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
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Daniel Hershenzon (opens in new window)

Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages

Campus: Storrs

Sara Johnson, associate professor of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
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Sara Johnson (opens in new window)

Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages

Campus: Storrs

Tom Scheinfeldt, associate professor of Digital Media & Design
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Tom Scheinfeldt (opens in new window)

Associate Professor, Digital Media and Design

Campus: Storrs