AHA Directory of History Departments and Organizations

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University of Louisville
University of Louisville Dept. of History
101 Gottschalk Hall
Louisville, KY 40292-0001
Phone: 502.852.6817
Fax: 502.852.0770
Email: ehrick@louisville.edu
Email: history@louisville.edu
Website: https://artsandsciences.louisville.edu/academics-programs/academic-departments/history


The Department of History contributes to the collective understanding of the past through teaching, service, and the scholarly and public dissemination of original research.


Chair: Christine Ehrick
Director of Graduate Studies: Jennifer Westerfeld
Director of Undergraduate Studies: John McLeod
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,Cert.
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: US, public, Europe, comparative world
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $12174
   Out-of-state: $28520
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $13260
   Out-of-state: $27374

Enrollment 2024-25:
Undergraduate Majors: 110
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 3
Full-time Graduate Students: 13
Part-time Graduate Students: 0
Degrees in History: 0 AA 43 BA 0 BS 3 MA 0 MS 0 PhD
Students in Undergrad. Courses: 2550
Students in Undergrad. Intro Courses: 2000
% of Online-Only Courses: 5
Undergraduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://louisville.edu/history/undergraduate
   Financial Aid: https://louisville.edu/financialaid
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://louisville.edu/history/graduate
   Financial Aid: https://louisville.edu/history/graduate/funding

Areas of Specialization: US, public, Europe, comparative world

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Doctoral Program Information

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Directory of History Dissertations

Doctoral Program Statistics 2024-25:
PhD students currently enrolled: 0
PhD applications received: 0
New PhD students: 0
% of students receiving tuition waivers: 0
% of students receiving stipends: 0


Gifford, Daniel (PHD, George Mason, 2011; ; affiliated prof.) public, US popular culture; dwgiff01@louisville.edu
Beattie, Blake R. (PHD, Toronto, 1992; ; assoc. prof.) medieval, Avignon papacy, Italy; blake.beattie@louisville.edu
Bowman, Brad (PHD, Chicago, 2013; ; assoc. prof.; dir., Middle East Islamic Studies) early Islamic, medieval Muslim-Christian interactions, monasticism, pilgrimage, Christian Arabic historiography; brad.bowman@lousville.edu
Cason, David (PHD, Georgia State, 1999; ; term assoc. prof.) ; david.cason@louisville.edu
Crothers, A Glenn (PHD, Florida, 1997; ; assoc. prof.; dir. of research, Filson Hist. Soc.) antebellum US South, oral and public; glenn.crothers@louisville.edu
Devlin, Rebecca A. (PHD, Florida, 2016; ; term assoc. prof.) western Roman empire, expansion of Christianity, medieval society; rebecca.devlin@louisville.edu
Ehrick, Christine T. (PHD, UCLA, 1997; ; prof. and chair) Latin America, Uruguay/Argentina. mass media, radio, gender, sound studies; ehrick@louisville.edu
Fleming, Tyler D. (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2009; ; assoc. prof.; Pan-African Studies) Africa, southern Africa, popular culture; tyler.fleming@louisville.edu
Franklin, Elise (PHD, Boston Coll., 2017; ; assoc. prof.) France, French Empire, migration, family; elise.franklin@louisville.edu
Jamison, Felicia (PHD, Massachusetts Amherst, 2017; ; asst. prof.; Comparative Humanities) ;
K'Meyer, Tracy E. (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993; ; prof.) 20th-century US, oral; tracyk@louisville.edu
Keeley, Theresa (PHD, Northwestern, 2013; JD, Pennsylvania Law Sch., 2004; assoc. prof.) US foreign relations, Central America, human rights, religion, transnational activism, law, gender; theresa.keeley@louisville.edu
Ma, Yuxin (PHD, Minnesota, 2003; ; prof.) East Asia, women; yuxin.ma@louisville.edu
McInnis, Edward C. (PHD, Michigan State, 2006; ; term assoc. prof.) Nineteenth-century US intellectual; ecmcin02@louisville.edu
McLeod, John E. (PHD, Toronto, 1993; ; prof. and dir., undergrad. studies) Britain, South Asia, British Empire; john.mcleod@louisville.edu
Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor (PHD, Chicago, 2010; ; assoc. prof. and dir., grad. studies) Egyptology, Coptic studies, late antique social and cultural; jennifer.westerfeld@louisville.edu
Wotring, Erin (MA, Louisville, 2017; ; lect.) ; erin.wotring@louisville.edu
Yingling, Charlton W. (PHD, South Carolina, 2016; ; assoc. prof.) Atlantic/Caribbean/Latin America, Age of Revolutions, race and slavery; charlton.yingling@louisville.edu
Allen, Ann T. (PHD, Columbia, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) women, modern Germany; ann.allen@louisville.edu
Brockwell, Charles W. (PHD, Duke, 1971; ; prof. emeritus) medieval ecclesiastical and intellectual, Renaissance, Reformation;
Cumbler, John T., Jr. (PHD, Michigan, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) US, environmental; cumbler@louisville.edu
Fosl, Catherine A. (PHD, Emory, 2000; ; assoc. prof. emeritus; Women’s and Gender Studies) US, women, social movements; cfosl@louisville.edu
Harrison, Benjamin T. (PHD, UCLA, 1969; ; prof. emeritus) US, US foreign relations; ben.harrison@louisville.edu
Mackey, Thomas C. (PHD, Rice, 1984; ; prof. emeritus) American constitutional and legal, 19th century, Civil War era; thomasmackey@louisville.edu
McCarthy, Justin A., Jr. (PHD, UCLA, 1978; ; prof. emeritus) modern Middle East, Turkey; jmc@louisville.edu
McElderry, Andrea L. (PHD, Michigan, 1975; ; prof. emeritus) modern China, East Asia;
Morrill, James R., III (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967; ; prof. emeritus) American Revolution, colonial America, US economic;
Newton, Lowell W. (PHD, Tulane, 1972; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) early modern Europe, military;
Ziskind, Jonathan R. (PHD, Columbia, 1967; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) ancient Greece, Rome, ancient Near East;
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