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California State University, East Bay
California State University, East Bay Dept. of History
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94542-3045
Phone: 510.885.3207
Fax: 510.885.4791
Email: history@csueastbay.edu
Website: https://www.csueastbay.edu/history/index.html


The Department offers both the BA and MA in History. Our faculty includes specialists in the Ancient World, the Atlantic World and Caribbean, the United States, Mexico and Latin America, South and East Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Russia, Bay Area and California history, the history of women, race and ethnicity, labor history, the history of sustainability, public and applied history, digital history, and teaching history.

Chair: Jason Daniels
Director of Graduate Studies: Michael Schulze-Oechtering Castañeda
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,Single Subject Matter Preparation (social science), Cert. (public history)
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: ancient world, Atlantic world and Caribbean, US, Mexico and Latin America, South and East Asia, Middle East, Europe and Russia, Bay Area and California, labor, immigration, women, sustainability, public and applied, digital, teaching
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $7993
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $9607

Enrollment 2024-25:
Undergraduate Majors: 87
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 6
Full-time Graduate Students: 26
Part-time Graduate Students: 0
Degrees in History: 0 AA 30 BA 0 BS 5 MA 0 MS 0 PhD
Students in Undergrad. Courses: 3120
Students in Undergrad. Intro Courses: 1322
% of Online-Only Courses: 50
Undergraduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://www.csueastbay.edu/admissions/
   Financial Aid: https://www.csueastbay.edu/financialaid/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://www.csueastbay.edu/admissions/
   Financial Aid: https://www.csueastbay.edu/financialaid/

Areas of Specialization: ancient world, Atlantic world and Caribbean, US, Mexico and Latin America, South and East Asia, Middle East, Europe and Russia, Bay Area and California, labor, immigration, women, sustainability, public and applied, digital, teaching

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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


Alexander, Anna Rose (PHD, Arizona, 2012; ; assoc. prof.) Latin America, environment, sustainability; anna.alexander@csueastbay.edu
Baldwin, Roger (MA, California, Berkeley, 1989; ; lect.) US; roger.baldwin@csueastbay.edu
Brueck, Gregory J. (PHD, California, Davis, 2012; ; lect.) American West; gregory.brueck@csueastbay.edu
Daniels, Jason (PHD, Warwick, 2013; ; assoc. prof. and chair) early America, Caribbean; jason.daniels@csueastbay.edu
Feldman, Benjamin J. (PHD, Georgetown, 2020; ; lect.) US, modern politics, intellectual; benjamin.feldman@csueastbay.edu
Ford, Bridget (PHD, California, Davis, 2002; ; prof.) Civil War era, teaching history; bridget.ford@csueastbay.edu
Fozdar, Vahid J. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2001; ; assoc. prof.) modern South Asia, modern colonialism, Middle East; vahid.fozdar@csueastbay.edu
Ivey, Linda (PHD, Georgetown, 2003; ; prof.) environmental, race/ethnicity/immigration, California; linda.ivey@csueastbay.edu
Kaatz, Kevin Warren (PHD, Macquarie, Australia, 2004; ; prof.; dir., General Education) digital, ancient world; kevin.kaatz@csueastbay.edu
McGuire, Elizabeth A. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2010; ; assoc. prof.) globalization, Soviet Union, China; elizabeth.mcguire@csueastbay.edu
Park, Nancy (PHD, Harvard, 1993; ; lect.) China; nancy.park@csueastbay.edu
Phelps, Robert A. (PHD, California, Riverside, 1996; ; assoc. prof.) California, US West, US urban; robert.phelps@csueastbay.edu
Schulze-Oechtering, Michael A. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2016; ; asst. prof. and dir., grad. studies) race and ethnicity, colonialism, labor, oral, pedagogy; michael.schulzeoechtering@csueastbay.edu
Weiss, Jessica (PHD, California, Berkeley, 1994; ; prof.) recent US, women, family; jessica.weiss@csueastbay.edu
Cleveland, Steven (MA, Southern California, 2002; ; lect.; Ethnic Studies) Black film studies, African American, US; steven.cleveland@csueastbay.edu
Francois, Samantha Yates (PHD, California, Davis, 2003; ; lect.) US, women; samantha.francois@csueastbay.edu
Higdon, Nolan (EDD, San Francisco State, 2017; ; lect.; Communication) media and democracy; nolan.higdon@csueastbay.edu
Houlihan, Lynn (MA, California State, East Bay, 2012; ; lect.) nursing;
Irwin, Mary Ann (MA, San Francisco State, 1995; ; lect.) California, gender; maryann.irwin@csueastbay.edu
Kim, Richard J. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2005; ; lect.) modern Europe, world; richard.kim@csueastbay.edu
Klein, Benjamin F. (PHD, Brown, 2002; ; lect.) early modern England, modern American cultural; benjamin.klein@csueastbay.edu
Nalley, Kim R. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2021; ; lect.) US, late modern Europe; kim.nalley@csueastbay.edu
Nejad-Duong, Joseph Lam (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2014; ; lect.) California; joseph.duong@csueastbay.edu
Sullivan, J. Casey (PHD, California, Davis, 2016; ; lect.) US, political; casey.sullivan@csueastbay.edu
Zola, Carolyn (PHD, Stanford, 2024; ; lect.) early US gender/race/labor; carolyn.zola@csueastbay.edu
Andrews, Dee E. (PHD, Pennsylvania, 1986; ; prof. emeritus) early America, social and cultural; dee.andrews@csueastbay.edu
Garcia, Richard A. (PHD, California, Irvine, 1980; ; prof. emeritus) Mexican American, California, US intellectual; richard.garcia@csueastbay.edu
Thompson, Nancy M. (PHD, Stanford, 1994; ; prof. emeritus) medieval Europe, world civilizations; nancy.thompson@csueastbay.edu
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