Western Illinois University: Macomb Campus

History Faculty

WIU's award-winning History faculty have expertise in a broad range of chronological, geographical, and thematic specializations. Click on any of the names below to learn more about that faculty member's teaching and research interests and accomplishments.

History Faculty in the News includes highlights of recent faculty accomplishments.

See History Faculty 2011-12 Publications and Presentations for complete, detailed information.

History faculty gather at Annual History Conference

• Dr. Simon Cordery, Department Chair and Professor
  Email: S-Cordery@wiu.edu
  Specializations: comparative labor, modern Britain, railroad history
  Office: 438/440 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1053
• Dr. Virginia R. Boynton, Professor
  Email: VR-Boynton@wiu.edu
  Specializations: U.S. women, 20th-century U.S., colonial Latin American women
  Office: 448 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1285
• Dr. Lee L. Brice, Professor
  Email: LL-Brice@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek
  Office: 434 Morgan
  Phone: 298-2982
• Dr. Ute E. Chamberlin, Assistant Professor
  Email: UE-Chamberlin@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Germany, 20th-century Europe, European women
  Office: 446 Morgan
  Phone: 298-3558
• Dr. Peter Cole, Professor
  Email: P-Cole@wiu.edu
  Specializations: U.S. labor, urban, Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
  Office: 423C Morgan
  Phone: 298-3691
• Dr. Richard M. Filipink, Associate Professor
  Email: RM-Filipink@wiu.edu
  Specializations: modern U.S., Vietnam War, and diplomatic history
  Office: 457 Morgan
  Phone: 298-3725
• Dr. Greg Hall, Professor and Graduate Director
  Email: G-Hall@wiu.edu
  Specialiazations: American West, Illinois, and environmental history
  Office: 203E Morgan
  Phone: 298-1575
• Ralph Heissinger, Undergraduate Advisor
  Email: RW-Heissinger@wiu.edu
  Office: 436 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1129
• Dr. Virginia G. Jelatis, Associate Professor
  Email: VG-Jelatis@wiu.edu
  Specializations: colonial & Revolutionary America, Native American
  Office: 450 Morgan
  Phone: 298-3416
• Dr. Walter E. Kretchik, Professor
  Email: WE-Kretchik@wiu.edu
  Specializations: U.S. and transnational military and diplomatic
  Office: 446 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1345
• Dr. Roberto Mazza, Assistant Professor
  Email: R-Mazza@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Middle East, Mediterranean
  Office: 434 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1655
• Dr. Jennifer L. McNabb, Associate Professor
  Email: JL-McNabb@wiu.edu
  Specializations: England, Early Modern Europe
  Office: 461 Morgan
  Phone: 298-3693
• Dr. Scott W. Palmer, Professor
  Email: SW-Palmer@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Russia/Soviet Union, modern Europe, technology and culture
  Office: 457 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1526
• Dr. Febe Pamonag, Assistant Professor
  Email: F-Pamonag@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Asia, modern Japan, women
  Office: 461 Morgan
  Phone: 298-1614
• Dr. Timothy M. Roberts, Associate Professor
  Email: TM-Roberts@wiu.edu
  Specializations: early Republic, antebellum US, Civil War/Reconstruction
  Office: 448 Morgan
  Phone: 298-2524
• Dr. Edward J. Woell, Professor
  Email: EJ-Woell@wiu.edu
  Specializations: Europe, Age of Enlightenment, France
  Office: 432 Morgan
  Phone: 298-2977

 

WIU History Faculty in the News: Highlights

• Dr. Simon Cordery Named New Department Chair of WIU Department of History
• WIU Hallwas Lecturer Dr. McNabb Receives 2012 Oustanding Faculty Award for Service
• Dr. McNabb Named Associate Director of WIU's Centennial Honors College
• Dr. Woell Produces New History Blog, "la bonne idee"
  
• Dr. Brice Elected to Phi Alpha Theta National Advisory Council
• Dr. Roberts Brings NEH Civil War Book Discussion Series to WIU in 2011-12
• Dr. Key Leads Region's Teachers on "Teaching American History" Trip through South  
• Dr. Ute Chamberlin Awarded University Research Council Grant by WIU
• Dr. Jennifer McNabb Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Dr. Ed Woell Nominated by WIU for NEH Summer Stipend for 2011
• Dr. Virginia Leonard to Retire from WIU after 33 Years
• Dr. Richard Filipink Wins URC Grant in Spring 2010 Competition
• Prof. Emeritus Victor Hicken Passes Away; Memorial Service on May 1
• Dr. Timothy Roberts Chosen to Participate in 2010 NEH Summer Seminar on New Approaches to the Civil War
• Dr. Lee L. Brice Wins Tytus Fellowship from Univ. of Cincinnati for Fall 2010
• Dr. Tim Roberts Wins Visiting Fellowship from Harvard's Houghton Library
• Drs. Key, Mazza, and Pamonag Give Conference Presentations in March
• Dr. Roberto Mazza Interviewed on Radio about Afghanistan Policy
• Five History Faculty Present at National & International Conferences in November
• Dr. Tim Roberts Awarded CAS Faculty Mentoring Grant for 2009-2011
• Dr. Tim Roberts Interviewed on Radio about History of Thanksgiving
• History Faculty Research Colloquia Held in Fall 2009
• Dr. Roberto Mazza Wins URC Grant in Fall 2009 Competition
• Drs. Cole, Hall, and Pamonag Awarded 2010 Summer Stipends
• Drs. Brice, Chamberlin, and Mazza Make International Conference Presentations in Fall 2009
• Dr. Mazza's Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British Published
• Four History Faculty Give Conference Presentations in Early Fall
• Dr. Jen McNabb the Winner of the 2009 Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Latin American Historian Sought for 2010-11 Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship
• Dr. Roberto Mazza Joins WIU History Faculty in Fall 2009
• Dr. Tim Roberts Wins NEH Grant to Bring Traveling Lincoln Exhibit to WIU in 2010
• History Faculty Promoted & Recognized with Professional Achievement Awards
• Dr. Tim Roberts's Book, Distant Revolutions, Published by Univ. of Virginia Press
• Drs. Hall, Palmer, & Woell Awarded Univ. Research Council Grants in Spring 2009
• Dr. Greg Hall Guest Edits "Illinois as the West" Issue of Illinois History Teacher
• Dr. Ginny Jelatis Publishes Article in Illinois History Teacher
• Drs. McNabb & Palmer Win Outstanding Faculty Awards from College
• Dr. Jennifer McNabb Wins 2009 Award for Outstanding Teaching from College
• Dr. Scott Palmer Wins 2009 Award for Outstanding Scholarship from College
• Dr. Walter Kretchik Makes Presentation at Society for Military History Conference
• Dr. Rich Filipink Gives Keynote Address at Conference on 1960s
• Drs. Filipink & McNabb Win HOPE Teaching Awards from WIU
• Dr. Ed Woell Makes Conference Presentation at Society for French Historical Studies
• Dr. Lee Brice Wins American Philosophical Society Research Grant
• Dr. Barclay Key Wins Fulbright Teaching Award for 2009-2010

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Emeritus Faculty

• Dr. Larry Balsamo - Civil War and Reconstruction, South
• Dr. Spencer Brown - Africa, modern Europe, historical methodology
• Dr. William L. Burton - Illinois, Civil War, 20th-century U.S.
• Dr. Darrel Cady - recent U.S.
• Dr. William Combs - Germany, modern Europe
• Dr. David Egler - Japan, East Asia
• Dr. George Hopkins - recent U.S. political, Vietnam
• Dr. Sterling Kernek - European diplomatic, modern Europe
• Dr. Barclay Key - African-American, US South, American religious
• Dr. Gordon Kirk - urban, U.S.1877-1914, quantitative methods
• Dr. Rosanna Ledbetter - modern Europe, Russia
• Dr. Virginia Leonard - Latin America
• Dr. Charles O'Brien - medieval Europe, Enlightenment, European intellectual
• Nicholas Pano - imperial and Soviet Russia, Central and East Europe
• Dr. Sharon Watkins - France, modern Europe
• Dr. Thomas Watkins - ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe
• Dr. John Werner - U.S. military, antebellum U.S.

Some of our current and emeritus faculty members gather to celebrate