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San Diego State University
San Diego State University Dept. of History
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-6050
Phone: 619.594.5262
Fax: 619.594.2210
Email: history@sdsu.edu
Website: https://history.sdsu.edu/


The history faculty is devoted to teaching excellence and encourages a “community of scholars” atmosphere that includes graduates and undergraduates.


Chair: Elizabeth Pollard
Director of Graduate Studies: Annika Frieberg
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Christina Weinert
Degrees Offered: BA,MA
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, US, colonialism and imperialism, cultural, economic, environmental, gender and sexuality, religion, science, violence
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $8728
   Out-of-state: $21328
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $10252
   Out-of-state: $12252

Enrollment 2024-25:
Undergraduate Majors: 247
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 25
Full-time Graduate Students: 44
Part-time Graduate Students: 0
Degrees in History: 0 AA 100 BA 0 BS 14 MA 0 MS 0 PhD
Students in Undergrad. Courses: 0
Students in Undergrad. Intro Courses: 0
% of Online-Only Courses: 0
Undergraduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://admissions.sdsu.edu/
   Financial Aid: https://sa.sdsu.edu/financial-aid
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://admissions.sdsu.edu/graduate
   Financial Aid: https://sa.sdsu.edu/financial-aid

Areas of Specialization: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, US, colonialism and imperialism, cultural, economic, environmental, gender and sexuality, religion, science, violence

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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


Abman, Zamira (PHD, California, Santa Barbara, 2015; ; asst. prof.) state feminism in Soviet Central Asia, Eurasia, Soviet Union, Russia; zyusufjonova@sdsu.edu
Asselin, Pierre (PHD, Hawai'i, Manoa, 1997; ; prof. and Dwight E. Stanford Chair) East and Southeast Asian diplomatic;
Ben, Pablo Eduardo (PHD, Chicago, 2009; ; assoc. prof.) 19th- and 20th-century South America, Argentina, gender; pben@sdsu.edu
Blum, Edward J. (PHD, Kentucky, 2003; ; prof.) race, religion, Civil War and Reconstruction; eblum@sdsu.edu
Boime, Eric (PHD, California, San Diego, 2002; ; prof.; Imperial Valley) ; eboime@sdsu.edu
Borah, Abikal (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2021; ; asst. prof.) sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Indian Ocean world, violence, migration, postcolonial theory; aborah@sdsu.edu
Cline, David Phillip (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010; ; prof.; Digital Humanities) public and oral, 20th-century social movements;
De Vos, Paula S. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2001; ; prof.) Latin America; pdevos@sdsu.edu
Dumas, Raechel (PHD, Colorado, Boulder, ; ; assoc. prof.) modern Japan, popular culture, trauma narratives, gender and sexuality; rdumas@sdsu.edu
Edgerton-Tarpley, Kathryn (PHD, Indiana, 2001; ; prof.) China, Asia; edgerton@sdsu.edu
Frieberg, Annika Elisabet (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008; ; assoc. prof. and grad. adviser) modern Europe,; afrieberg@sdsu.edu
Herrera, Carlos R. (PHD, New Mexico, 2000; ; prof.; Imperial Valley) colonial and modern Latin America, Spanish borderlands, Latinos in US; cherrer@sdsu.edu
Kazemi, Ranin (PHD, Yale, 2012; ; assoc. prof.) Middle East; rkazemi@sdsu.edu
Kornfeld, Eve (PHD, Harvard, 1983; ; prof.) colonial and revolutionary America, European and American cultural and intellectual; kornfeld@sdsu.edu
Passananti, Tom (PHD, Chicago, 2001; ; assoc. prof.) Mexico and Latin America; tpassana@sdsu.edu
Penrose, Walter D., Jr. (PHD, Grad. Center, CUNY, 2006; ; prof.) ancient; wpenrose@sdsu.edu
Pollard, Elizabeth Ann (PHD, Pennsylvania, 2001; ; prof. and chair) ancient world, Roman and Greek civilizations; epollard@sdsu.edu
Putman, John C. (PHD, California, San Diego, 2000; ; prof. and assoc. dean) 19th- and 20th-century US, American West, California; putman@sdsu.edu
Yeh, Chiou-ling (PHD, California, Irvine, 2001; ; prof.) US race and ethnicity, Asian American; cyeh@sdsu.edu
Acton, Ryan M. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2015; ; lect.) capitalism; racton@sdsu.edu
Adamiak, Patrick John (PHD, California, San Diego, 2018; ; lect.) ; padamiak@sdsu.edu
Ellstrand, Nathan (PHD, Loyola, Chicago, 2022; ; lect. and postdoc. fellow) Mexico; nellstrand@sdsu.edu
Gastil, George (MA, California, Santa Barbara, 1991; ; lect.) ;
Hillman, Susanne (PHD, California, San Diego, 2011; ; lect.) ;
Kaffenberger, Schorsch (MA, San Diego State, 2014; ; lect.) ;
Keller-Lapp, Heidi M. (PHD, California, San Diego, 2005; ; lect.) early modern France;
Nathan, Geoffrey S. (PHD, UCLA, 1995; ; lect.) ;
Parker, Lindsay A. H. (PHD, California, Irvine, 2011; ; lect.) ; lparker@sdsu.edu
Sheehan, Kevin J. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2008; ; lect.) ;
Stout, Mary Ellen (MA, San Diego State, 2016; ; lect.) ;
Tarpley, Van (ABD, Indiana, ; ; lect.) ;
Tchir, Paul (PHD, California, San Diego, 2022; ; lect.) sports; ptchir@sdsu.edu
Weeks, William Earl, Jr. (PhD, California, San Diego, 1986; ; lect.) ;
Young, Shahla Rahman (PHD, London, 2012; ; lect.) ; sryoung@sdsu.edu
Yusufjonova-Abman, Zamira (PHD, California, Santa Barbara, 2015; ; lect.) ;
Zingheim, Karl (MA, Norwich, 2018; ; lect.) ; kzingheim@midway.org
Baron, Lawrence (PHD, Wisconsin, Madison, 1974; ; Nasatir Prof. emeritus) modern Europe, Jewish, modern Germany; lbaron@sdsu.edu
Bartholomew, Francis M., Jr. (PHD, Princeton, 1969; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) Russia and Soviet Union;
Beasley, Edward J. (PHD, California, San Diego, 1993; ; prof. emeritus) 19th-century British Empire; edward.beasley@sdsu.edu
Christian, David Gilbert (DPHIL, Oxford, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) world, Russia, world environmental; dgchrist@sdsu.edu
Cobbs, Elizabeth Anne (PHD, Stanford, 1988; ; prof. emeritus) US, Latin America; ehoffman@sdsu.edu
Colston, Stephen A. (PHD, UCLA, 1973; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) Latin American studies, anthropology, public; colston@sdsu.edu
Cox, Thomas R. (PHD, Oregon, 1969; ; prof. emeritus) forest and conservation, Asian-American economic relations, Gilded Age and Progressive Era;
Cunniff, Roger L. (PHD, Texas, Austin, 1970; ; prof. emeritus) Latin America, Brazil; rcunniff@sdsu.edu
Davies, Thomas M., Jr. (PHD, New Mexico, 1970; ; prof. emeritus) 20th-century Peru, Andes, Latin American militarism;
DuFault, David V. (PHD, Oregon, 1972; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) Japan, Philippine-US relations, Asian American;
Dunn, Ross E. (PHD, Wisconsin, Madison, 1968; ; prof. emeritus) Africa, North Africa, Islamic; dunn@sdsu.edu
Elkind, Sarah S (PHD, Michigan, 1994; ; prof. emeritus) American environmental, US since 1850, public health; selkind@sdsu.edu
Ferraro, Joanne M. (PHD, UCLA, 1983; ; prof. emerita) Renaissance and early modern Europe, economic and social; ferraro@sdsu.edu
Ganster, Paul (PHD, UCLA, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) US-Mexico border and environmental;
Hamilton, Charles D. (PHD, Cornell, 1968; ; prof. emeritus) classics, Greek and Roman political, Greek and Roman historiography and numismatics; chamilto@sdsu.edu
Heyman, Neil M. (PHD, Stanford, 1972; ; prof. emeritus) 20th-century Russia, Europe, military; heyman@sdsu.edu
Hoidal, Oddvar K. (PHD, Southern California, 1970; ; prof. emeritus) modern Norway, modern Scandinavia, modern Europe; hoidal@sdsu.edu
Kuefler, Mathew S. (PHD, Yale, 1995; ; prof. emeritus) medieval; mkuefler@sdsu.edu
Kushner, Howard I. (PHD, Cornell, 1970; ; prof. emeritus) social, medicine;
Mahdavi-Izadi, Farid (PHD, Wisconsin, Madison, 2000; ; prof. emeritus) Islamic, Middle East;
Schatz, Arthur W. (PHD, Oregon, 1965; ; prof. emeritus) US foreign policy;
Smith, Ray T. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 1964; ; prof. emeritus) Asian civilization, India;
Smith, Charles D., Jr. (PHD, Michigan, 1968; ; prof. emeritus) Middle East;
Starr, Raymond G. (PHD, Texas, Austin, 1964; ; prof. emeritus) local, San Diego, public;
Stoddart, Jess (PHD, California, Berkeley, 1966; ; prof. emeritus) Tudor-Stuart England;
Vartanian, Pershing (PHD, Michigan, 1971; ; prof. emeritus) 19th-century American intellectual, Jacksonian America, American studies; vartania@sdsu.edu
Wiese, Andrew (PHD, Columbia, 1993; ; prof. emeritus) 20th-century US urban and social, African American; awiese@sdsu.edu
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