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Department of History
Murray State University
6B Faculty Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3341
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Ph.D., Marquette University, 2005; M.A., Marquette University, 1995; M.S., Indiana State University; B.S., Indiana State University; Teaching Interests: Modern European History, Renaissance, Reformation, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, British History
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1999; M.P.A., Murray State University, 1991; B.A., The University of Tennessee at Martin, 1988 Teaching Interest: World Religions, American Politics, International Relations, U.S. Diplomatic History since 1900
Tamara D. Feinstein
Assistant Professor of History
6B-04, Faculty Hall
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2013 M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2007 M.A., The George Washington University, 2000 B.A., Wayne State University, 1997 Teaching Interest: Latin American History, Political Violence, Memory, Human Rights, the Cold War, the Andes (Peru and Chile), Art and Politics, Digital Humanities, the Left, Revolutionary Movements
Ph.D., The University of Western Ontario, 2010 M.A., Beijing University, 2003 Double B.A., Beijing University, 2000 Teaching Interests: Modern China, Intellectual and Cultural History, Sino-Foreign Relations, Women's Studies, East Asian History
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 M.A., University of South Alabama, 1996 B.S., Louisiana State University, 1984 Teaching Interest: Revolutionary Russia, Soviet Union, Modern Europe, Consumer Culture, Gender, Film
Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 2005 M.A., North Carolina State University, 1989 B.S., Social Science, Campbell University, 1985 Teaching Interests: African-American History, Early American History, Government, Modern Europe history, Southern US history
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2007 B.A., Western Washington University, 2005 Teaching Interests: Greece, Rome, Ancient History
Dr. Olga Koulisis
Assistant Professor of History
6B-19, Faculty Hall
Ph.D., University of Connecticut M.Ed., Worcester State University B.A., Boston University Teaching Interest: U.S. History Since 1865, U.S. and the World, History of Capitalism, Twentieth-Century International History, Social Studies Education
Dr. Christine B. Lindner
Associate Professor of History
6B-05, Faculty Hall
Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, 2009 M.A., Durham University, 2004 B.A., Gordon College, 2002 Teaching Interests: Middle Eastern History, Ottoman History, Lebanon & Syria, Protestantism in the Middle East, Christianity in the Middle East, Women's History, Historic Cemeteries, Digital History
History Graduate Studies Coordinator Faculty Coordinator, Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Chairman, International Studies Advisory Council (ISAC) Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2007 M.A., University of North Carolina, 2001 B.A., Duke University, 1999 Teaching Interests: German History, Modern European History, African History, the World Wars, Imperialism, Genocide
Dr. Eleanor Rivera
Associate Professor of History
6B-08, Faculty Hall
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2015 M.A., The University of Chicago, 2007 B.A., Smith College, 2004 Teaching Interests: Modern Europe, Modern France, Childhood, History of Education, Empire, Religion, Gender, Material Culture
Ph.D, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2017 M.A., St. John's College-Santa Fe, 2009 B.S., Truman State University, 2005 Teaching Interests: South Asian religious traditions, Ancient History, History of Science and Medicine, History of Christian Thought, Philosophy of Religion
Retired Faculty
Dr. Charlotte Beahan
Professor Emerita of History
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1976 M.A., Columbia University, 1969 B.A., Michigan State University, 1967 Teaching Interests: East Asia, Women's History, World Civilizations
Dr. William Mulligan Jr.
Professor Emeritus of History
Ph.D., Clark University, 1982 M.A., Clark University, 1973 B.A., Assumption College, 1970 Teaching Interests: Irish Diaspora, Early America, U.S. Social and Industrial History
Dr. William Schell, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of History
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1992 M.A., University of North Carolina, 1985 B.A., University of North Carolina, 1982 Teaching Interests: Mexican History, Latin-American History, Film, Foreign Relations
Staff
Victoria Herndon
Administrative Assistant
6B-12, Faculty Hall