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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
JBAUER@wcupa.edu

Dr. Robert Kodosky
Departmental Chairperson
Office: 704 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2288
Fax: 610-436-3069
RKodosky@wcupa.edu

Dr. Karin Gedge
Social Studies Coordinator
Office: 729 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2971
KGedge@wcupa.edu

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
JFriedman@wcupa.edu

News and Events

Dr. Gaydosh interviewed on Czech radio about Lichtenberg's beatification

June 11, 2026

Josef Javůrek (from a Czech Christan radio station) interviewed Dr. Gaydosh about Father Bernhard Lichtenberg, the topic of her 2017 book. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Lichtenberg's beatification.

WCU History Department welcomes Pulitzer Prize finalist, H.W. Brands

May 15, 2026

WCU history, Chester County History Center (CCHC), and Reads & Company, with help from new friend Alex Brubaker, collaborated on a special America 250 event and packed Philips Autograph Library for a talk and book signing by acclaimed historian H.W. Brands. Professor emeritus Charles Hardy, history major Luke Sammartino, and CCHC's Jennifer Green posed with our guest after he signed their copies of his new biography on George Washington, American Patriarch.

2025 Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference

In April 2025, WCU history hosted the eastern Pennsylvania regional Phi Alpha Theta conference, an event that also kicked off America 250 on campus. Ms. Helen Hammerschmidt, Associate Vice President, Communication, Operations and Strategy, welcomed our guests, history students and faculty, from other area colleges and universities.