Brenda Gaydosh

Contact History

History

Address:
702 Wayne Hall
West Chester, PA 19382

Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069

Jean Bauer
Departmental Secretary
Office: 702 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069
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Dr. Robert Kodosky
Departmental Chairperson
Office: 704 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2288
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Dr. Karin Gedge
Social Studies Coordinator
Office: 729 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2971
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Brenda Gaydosh
Acting Graduate Coordinator
Office: 721 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-0734
BGaydosh@wcupa.edu

Jonathan Friedman
Director, Holocaust-Genocide Studies
Office: 723 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2972
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Gaydosh

Brenda Gaydosh

Professor of History
Graduate Coordinator
721 Wayne
610-436-0734
BGaydosh@wcupa.edu

Courses Taught

HIS 100: Global History from 1900
HIS 102: Civilization II
HIS 246: Genocide
HIS 320: Renaissance and Reformation
HIS 423: Modern Germany
HIS 523: History of Germany
HIS 535: Nationalism and Democracy
HIS 546: Genocide

About Me

This is Professor Gaydosh's second career. She earned a B.S. degree in Mathematics in 1980 and worked as an actuarial analyst for 15 years. In her late 30s, Brenda returned to school, earning her M.A. in history from West Chester University (1999) and Ph.D. in history from American University (2010). Dr. Gaydosh has presented numerous papers including several internationally. She was the group leader for two EF College Study Tours: "The Holocaust in Europe," in summer 2012 and "WWII in Western Europe" in summer 2013. She also traveled with students to Rwanda in 2014 and 2019. Dr. Gaydosh was promoted to Associate Professor of History in 2014 and Professor in 2020. Dr. Gaydosh's research interests lie in the history of the Catholic Church in 20th-century Germany. She published a biography, Bernhard Lichtenberg: Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of the Nazi Regime, in 2017 and edited Connections: Memoirs of an American Historian in the Communist East Bloc in 2019. Her current research focuses on the Catholic bishop of Berlin from 1961-1979.