People

Department of History Directory.

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Sabri Ates

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

sates@smu.edu

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Rachel Ball-Phillips

Adjunct Lecturer

Christa DeLuzio

Crista J. DeLuzio

Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

cdeluzio@smu.edu

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Melissa Barden Dowling

Department Chair
Associate Professor, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director of Classical Studies

mdowling@smu.edu

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David Doyle

Director, University Honors Program
Director, Dedman College Scholars Program
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

ddoyle@smu.edu

Johan Elverskog

Johan Elverskog

Courtesy Professor and Professor and Chair of Religious Studies

johan@smu.edu

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Jeffrey A. Engel

Professor
Director of the Center for Presidential History

jaengel@smu.edu

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Neil Foley

Professor, and Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History
Associate Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies

foleyn@smu.edu

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Brian Franklin

Adjunct Lecturer
Associate Director of the SMU Center for Presidential History

brfranklin@smu.edu

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Andrew R. Graybill

Professor
Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies

agraybill@smu.edu

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Rick Halperin

Adjunct Lecturer
Professor of the Practice of Human Rights
Director, Human Rights Education Program

rhalperi@smu.edu

Kenneth hamilton

Kenneth M. Hamilton

Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies

kmarvin@smu.edu

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Erin R. Hochman

Associate Professor

ehochman@smu.edu

Macabe Keliher

Macabe Keliher

Associate Professor

macabe@smu.edu

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Jill E. Kelly

Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

jillk@smu.edu

Thomas Knock

Thomas J. Knock

Professor of History and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

tknock@smu.edu

Bianca Lopez

Bianca Lopez

W.R. Nicholson Endowed Assistant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

biancal@smu.edu

Brandon Miller

Brandon G. Miller

Assistant Director, University Honors Program
Assistant Director, Dedman College Scholars Program
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clements Department of History

bgmiller@smu.edu

Daniel Orlovsky

Daniel T. Orlovsky

Professor and George Bouhe Research Fellow in Russian Studies

dorlovsk@smu.edu

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Ariel Ron

Glenn M. Linden Associate Professor of the U.S. Civil War Era

aron@mail.smu.edu

Kathleen Wellman

Kathleen A. Wellman

Dedman Family Distinguished Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

kwellman@smu.edu

Name Title Phone Email Office Location
Margi Evans Assistant to the Chair and Department Administrative Assistant 214-768-2984 mfevans@smu.edu Dallas Hall, Suite 71

Graduate Program Coordinator  214-768-2960 
Dallas Hall, Suite 71 
Portrait of Professor Kenneth Andrien

Kenneth Andrien

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History

kandrien@smu.edu

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Peter Bakewell

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History Emeritus
Colonial Mexico
Latin America

pjbakewell43@gmail.com

John chavez

John R. Chávez

Professor Emeritus
The Americas
North Atlantic World
Colonialism
Mexican American Borderlands



jchavez@smu.edu

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Edward F. Countryman

University Distinguished Professor

ecountry@smu.edu

James K. Hopkins

James K. Hopkins

Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Modern Britain
European Social and Intellectual

hopkins@smu.edu

John Mears

John A. Mears

Professor Emeritus
Early Modern Europe
Global and Comparative

jmears@smu.edu

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Donald L. Niewyk

Professor Emeritus
Modern Europe
Germany

dniewyk@mail.smu.edu

Bob Righter

Robert W. Righter

Research Professor, Retired
American West
Environmental History

robert.righter@sbcglobal.net

Sherry Smith

Sherry L. Smith

University Distinguished Professor Emerita
American West
Native American

sherrys@smu.edu

Ling Shiao

Ling A. Shiao

Research Professor
China
Modern East Asia