Department of History 500 Main Hall West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383	(610)436-2201 http://www.wcupa.edu/

FACULTY

Dr. Wayne HANLEY, Department Chair: (PhD, Missouri, 1998; associate professor) Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, 18th Century Europe, Social Studies Education. whanley@wcupa.edu 

Dr. Cecilia L. CHIEN, Assistant Department Chair: (PhD, Harvard, 1994; associate professor). China and East Asia. cchien@wcupa.edu

Dr. Karin GEDGE, Social Studies Coordinator: (PhD, Yale, 1994; associate professor) Antebellum America, Women’s History, US Intellectual, Social Studies Education. kgedge@wcupa.edu 

Dr. Charles A. HARDY III, Internship Coordinator:  (Ph.D., Temple, 1989; professor). American Popular Culture, Oral History, and U.S. Environmental. chardy@wcupa.edu

Dr. Tia MALKIN-FONTECCHIO, Graduate Coordinator:  (Ph.D., Brown, 2003; assistant professor). Colonial and Modern Latin America, Economic Development, Comparative Slavery and Race Relations. tmalkin-fo@wcupa.edu

Dr. Maria R. BOES (Ph.D., CUNY, 1989; professor.), Early Modern Social, Comparative, and Early Modern Germany. mboes@wcupa.edu

Dr. Lawrence R. DAVIDSON (Ph.D., Alberta, 1976; professor). Middle East and Science. ldavidson@wcupa.edu

Dr. Éric FOURNIER (Ph.D., California-Santa Barbara, 2008; assistant professor). Ancient and Medieval. efournier@wcupa.edu

Dr. Jonathan FRIEDMAN, Director of the Holocaust and Genocide Program, (Ph.D., Maryland, 1996; professor). Holocaust, Modern Jewish, Modern Germany, and Modern Europe. jfriedman@wcupa.edu

Dr. Steve GIMBER, American Studies Coordinator:  (Ph.D., American, 2000; assistant professor). American Studies, Colonial, and American Revolution. sgimber@wcupa.edu

Dr. William HEWITT (PhD, Wyoming, 1984; professor) American West, including Native Americans, US Social, Social Studies Education. whewitt@wcupa.edu

Dr. James A. JONES (Ph.D., Delaware, 1995; professor). Africa and Computer Applications. jjones@wcupa.edu

Dr. Lisa A. KIRSCHENBAUM (Ph.D., California-Berkeley, 1993; professor). Russia and Social Studies Education. lkirschenb@wcupa.edu

Dr. Robert J. KODOSKY (PhD, Temple University, 2006; assistant professor). US Military and Diplomatic, and Social Studies Education. .rkodosky@wcupa.edu

Dr. Thomas J. LEGG (Ph.D., William and Mary, 1994; associate professor). Technology, Civil War, Maritime, and Social Studies Education. tlegg@wcupa.edu

Dr. LaTonya THAMES-TAYLOR (PhD, Mississippi, 2005; associate professor). African-American, US Violence, US Economic/Class Identity. ltaylor@wcupa.edu 

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Gail Anne CAPEHART (MA, University of Delaware, 1992; instructor) American Studies gcapehart@wcupa.edu

Larry DEANGELIS (JD, Temple University, 1978; instructor) Social Studies Education ldeangelis@wcupa.edu

Andrew E. DINNIMAN (Ed.D, Pennsylvania State University 1978; professor) Global Perspectives adinniman@wcupa.edu

Brenda GAYDOSH (ABD, American University, 2004; instructor) European History bgaydosh@wcupa.edu

Charles GEDGE (MA, Roosevelt University, 1973; instructor) Social Studies Education and US History cgedge@wcupa.edu

Vance KINCADE (PhD, Ohio University, 1996; instructor) US History vkincade@wcupa.edu

Anne KRULIKOWSKI (PhD, Delaware, 2001; instructor) US History and American Studies akrulikowski@wcupa.edu

Kathleen MULLIN(MA, West Chester University, 2000; instructor) US History and History of Civilization kmullin@wcupa.edu

Angelo REPOUSIS (PhD Temple University 2002; instructor) US History arepousis@wcupa.edu

DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARY

Carole Marciano - Phone 610-436-2201 - cmarciano@wcupa.edu

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