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Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University Dept. of History
PO Box 6023
Bldg. 18, Rm. 213
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6023
Phone: 928.523.4378
Email: Leilah.Danielson@nau.edu
Email: christine.fredericks@nau.edu
Website: https://nau.edu/history-department/


The Department of History serves the larger university’s core values of sustainability, diversity, and global engagement. History faculty members impart these values through learner-centered education and by personal example.


Chair: Leilah Claire Danielson
Director of Graduate Studies: Thomas Finger
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Jeremy LaBuff
Degrees Offered: BA,BS,MA,BSEd
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: borderlands/US West, environment and health, political culture and economy, transregional and transoceanic, colonialism and nationalism, Americas
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $10358
   Out-of-state: $23348
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $9606
   Out-of-state: $21244

Enrollment 2024-25:
Undergraduate Majors: 349
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 5
Full-time Graduate Students: 23
Part-time Graduate Students: 0
Degrees in History: 0 AA 17 BA 42 BS 10 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://nau.edu/admissions/
   Financial Aid: https://nau.edu/office-of-scholarships-and-financial-aid/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://nau.edu/graduate-college/
   Financial Aid: https://nau.edu/graduate-college/

Areas of Specialization: borderlands/US West, environment and health, political culture and economy, transregional and transoceanic, colonialism and nationalism, Americas

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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


Amundson, Michael A. (PHD, Nebraska, 1996; ; prof.) American West, US Southwest, public; michael.amundson@nau.edu
Bauler Pereira, Iuri (PHD, Columbia, 2023; PHD, Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2016; asst. prof.) postwar American intellectual and cultural, US-Latin America relations, 1960s-70s US countercultures, Brazil and Argentina, global 1960s, Latin American studies, Latinx; iuri.bauler-pereira@nau.edu
Carlson, Christi (MED, Northern Arizona, 2013; ; sr. lect.) history/social studies secondary teacher education; christi.carlson@nau.edu
Chamberlin, Foster Pease (PHD, California, San Diego, 2017; ; asst. teaching prof.) modern Europe; Foster.Chamberlin@nau.edu
Danielson, Leilah Claire (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2002; ; prof. and chair) US cultural and social, diplomatic; leilah.danielson@nau.edu
Finger, Thomas David (PHD, Virginia, 2014; ; asst. prof. and dir., grad. studies) environmental, US and Atlantic world, economic and ecological; thomas.finger@nau.edu
Heng, Derek (PHD, Hull, 2005; ; prof.) maritime Asia, premodern Southeast Asia, economic and diplomatic; derek.heng@nau.edu
Joshi, Sanjay (PHD, Pennsylvania, 1995; ; prof.) India, nationalism, colonial societies; sanjay.joshi@nau.edu
LaBuff, Jeremy (PHD, Pennsylvania, 2010; ; assoc. prof. and dir., undergrad. studies) ancient Greece and Rome, gender and social; jeremy.labuff@nau.edu
Lefty, Lauren (PHD, NYU, 2015; ; asst. prof. and dir., History Education Program) US and Latin American education, global and transnational; lauren.lefty@nau.edu
Macktima, Marcus (PHD, Oklahoma, 2023; ; asst. prof.) Apachean and Indigenous peoples in US Southwest; Marcus.Macktima@nau.edu
Martel, Heather E. (PHD, California, Irvine, 2001; ; assoc. prof.) US, gender, early America and Atlantic world; heather.martel@nau.edu
Meeks, Eric V. (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2001; ; assoc. prof.) US-Mexican borderlands, race and ethnicity; eric.meeks@nau.edu
Reese, Scott Steven (PHD, Pennsylvania, 1996; ; prof.) Islamic world, Africa, Indian Ocean, imperialism; scott.reese@nau.edu
Schwall, Elizabeth (PHD, Columbia, 2016; ; asst. prof.) 20th-century Latin America and Caribbean; Elizabeth.Schwall@nau.edu
Ahluwalia, Sanjam (PHD, Cincinnati, 2000; ; prof.; Women and Gender Studies) South Asia, women, social; sanjam.ahluwalia@nau.edu
Haeger, John D. (PHD, Loyola, Chicago, 1969; ; Univ. Prof. and pres. emeritus) US, economic, higher education; john.haeger@nau.edu
Becher, Harvey (PHD, Missouri, Columbia, 1971; ; prof. emeritus) science, Britain, modern Europe; harvey.becher@nau.edu
Connell, Charles W. (PHD, Rutgers, 1969; ; prof. emeritus) medieval, Europe; charles.connell@nau.edu
Deeds, Susan M. (PHD, Arizona, 1981; ; prof. emerita) Latin America, Mexico, borderlands; susan.deeds@nau.edu
Dutton, Paul V. (PHD, California, San Diego, 1997; ; prof. emeritus) European social reform, modern France, health; paul.dutton@nau.edu
Kitterman, David H. (PHD, Washington, 1972; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) Germany, Russia, modern Europe; david.kitterman@nau.edu
Kosso, Cynthia (PHD, Illinois, Chicago, 1993; ; prof. emerita) ancient Mediterranean world, archaeology, Greece and Rome;
Leung, John (PHD, Brown, 1982; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) modern Asia, China, modern Japan; john.leung@nau.edu
Lubick, George M. (PHD, Toledo, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) environmental; george.lubick@nau.edu
McFarlane, Larry A. (PHD, Missouri, Columbia, 1963; ; prof. emeritus) US, economic; larry.mcfarlane@nau.edu
Morley, Margaret R. (PHD, Wisconsin, Madison, 1972; ; assoc. prof. emerita) diplomatic, women; margaret.morley@nau.edu
Nutt, Katharine F. (PHD, New Mexico, 1951; ; prof. emeritus) Latin America;
Sargent Wood, Linda A. (PHD, Maryland, Coll. Park, 2002; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) US cultural and intellectual, health and disabilities, history/social studies secondary teacher education; linda.sargent.wood@nau.edu
Strate, David K. (EDD, Oklahoma State, 1969; ; prof. emeritus) American West, plains frontier, history education;
Wallace, Andrew (PHD, Arizona, 1968; ; prof. emeritus) American Southwest, Arizona, borderlands;
Wilson, Lindsay Blake (PHD, Stanford, 1982; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) France, early modern Europe, women; lindsay.wilson@nau.edu
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