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History faculty gather at Annual History Conference
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.
Click on History Faculty in the News for highlights of recent faculty accomplishments. Click here for complete listing of History faculty members' 2008 awards, grants, publications, and presentations.
- Dr. Virginia R. Boynton, Professor and Department Chair
Email: VR-Boynton@wiu.edu
Specializations: U.S. women, 20th-century U.S.
Office: 438/440 Morgan
Phone: 298-1053 - Dr. Lee L. Brice, Associate
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, Associate 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, Assistant Professor
Email: RM-Filipink@wiu.edu
Specializations: modern U.S., Vietnam War, and diplomatic history
Office: 457 Morgan
Phone: 298-3725 - Dr. Greg Hall, Associate
Professor
Email: G-Hall@wiu.edu
Specialiazations: American West, Illinois, and environmental history
Office: 203E Morgan
Phone: 298-1575 - Ralph W. Heissinger, Undergraduate Advisor
Email: RW-Heissinger@wiu.edu
Office: 436 Morgan
Phone: 298-1129 - Dr. Virginia G. Jelatis, Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Email: VG-Jelatis@wiu.edu
Specializations: colonial & Revolutionary America, Native American
Office: 450 Morgan
Phone: 298-3416 - Dr. Barclay Key, Assistant Professor
Email: B-Key@wiu.edu
Specializations: African American, South, religion
Office: 448 Morgan
Phone: 298-1285 - Dr. Walter E. Kretchik, Associate Professor
Email: WE-Kretchik@wiu.edu
Specializations: U.S. and transnational military and diplomatic
Office: 446 Morgan
Phone: 298-1345 - Dr. Virginia Leonard, Professor
Email: V-Leonard@wiu.edu
Specializations: colonial and modern Latin America, Hispanic women
Office: 445 Morgan
Phone: 298-1387 - Dr. Roberto Mazza, Assistant Professor (beginning Fall 2009)
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, Assistant Professor
Email: TM-Roberts@wiu.edu
Specializations: early Republic, antebellum US, Civil War/Reconstruction
Office: 448 Morgan
Phone: 298-2524 - Dr. Edward J. Woell, Associate Professor
Email: EJ-Woell@wiu.edu
Specializations: Europe, Age of Enlightenment, France
Office: 432 Morgan
Phone: 298-2977
Marlene Toland, Departmental Secretary (438 Morgan, 298-1053)
WIU History Faculty in the News: Highlights
- Dr. 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. 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
- 5 HistoryFaculty Unveil Fall 2009 Courses at Course Fair
- Drs. Woell & Cole Give Presentations at Grant Workshop for Teachers
- Dr. Jelatis Presents Research Paper at Missouri Valley History Conference
- 5 History Faculty Present at DuPage Valley Social Studies Conference
- History Faculty Members Mentor Grad Students' Conference Presentations
- History Dept Mourns Passing of Prof. Emeritus Dr. Bob Sutton
- 2008 WIU History Faculty Awards, Grants, Publications, & Presentations
- Dr. Tim Roberts Presents Paper at American Historical Association Conference
- Dr. Ginny Boynton Appointed History Department Chair
- Drs. Leonard & Palmer Present Papers at Academic Conferences in Fall '08
- Dr. Tim Roberts Featured in AHA's Perspectives on History
- Drs. Brice, Chamberlin, Cole, & Filipink Win Grants in Fall '08
- Dr. Brice Awarded URC Grant in Fall '08
- Dr. Chamberlin Awarded 2009 Summer Stipend by WIU
- Dr. Filipink Awarded 2009 Summer Stipend by WIU
- Dr. Cole Wins CAS Faculty Mentoring Grant for 2008-10
- Dr. Woell Nominated by WIU for NEH Summer '09 Fellowship
- Dr. Cole Delivers Keynote Address at Pennsylvania Conference
- Drs. Cole, Filipink, Key, McNabb, & Pamonag Present Papers at National & International Conferences in Fall '08
- Drs. Key & Balsamo Speak at "Teaching American History" Grant Workshop
- Dr. Roberts Selected for NEH Summer 2008 Institute
- Drs. Filipink & Balsamo Lead Secondary School Teachers on NYC Trip in Summer '08
- Dr. Clint Starr Joins Western's History Department for 2008-2009
- Dr. Jelatis Wins CAS Faculty Mentoring Grant for 2007-09
- Drs. Filipink, Jelatis, & Pamonag Win URC Grants in Spring '08
- Dr. Brice Wins Outstanding Faculty Award for Undergrad Research from College
- Dr. Timothy Roberts Joins Western's History Faculty
- Dr. Ute Chamberlin Joins Western's History Faculty
- Dr. Combs Retires After 42 Years at Western
- Dr. Balsamo Retires After 40 Years at Western
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
- Victor Hicken
- Dr. George Hopkins - recent U.S. political, Vietnam
- Dr. Sterling Kernek - European diplomatic, modern Europe
- Dr. Gordon Kirk - urban, U.S.1877-1914, quantitative methods
- Dr. Rosanna Ledbetter - modern Europe, Russia
- Dr. Charles O'Brien - medieval Europe, Enlightenment, European intellectual
- Nicholas Pano - imperial and Soviet Russia, Central and East Europe
- George Shadwick - U.S. cultural and social, state and local, colonial
- Dr. Robert Sutton - U.S. legal/constitutional, antebellum U.S., communitarians
- Dr. Sharon Watkins - France, modern Europe
- Dr. Thomas Watkins - ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe
- Dr. John Werner - U.S. military, antebellum U.S.
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Some of our current and emeritus faculty members gather in Spring 2008
Department of History
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