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University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dept. of History
1401 University Blvd.
HHB 360H
Birmingham, AL 35294-1152
Phone: 2059345634
Fax: 205.975.8360
Email: UABHistory@uab.edu
Email: wdward@uab.edu
Website: https://www.uab.edu/cas/history/


We offer undergraduate and graduate courses leading to the BA and MA in History. The department is dedicated to our students, and we offer programs, opportunities, and guidance to aid in their success.


Chair: Walter D. Ward
Director of Graduate Studies: John Van Sant
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Andrew Keitt
Degrees Offered: BA,MA
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: US, Europe, Asia, Germany, late antiquity
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $10410
   Out-of-state: $25000
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $8712
   Out-of-state: $19000

Enrollment 2024-25:
Undergraduate Majors: 142
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 9
Full-time Graduate Students: 7
Part-time Graduate Students: 16
Degrees in History: 0 AA 29 BA 0 BS 7 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://www.uab.edu/admissions/
   Financial Aid: https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://www.uab.edu/gradadmissions/
   Financial Aid: https://www.uab.edu/gradadmissions/paying-for-college

Areas of Specialization: US, Europe, Asia, Germany, late antiquity

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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


Baer, Andrew Scott (PHD, Northwestern, 2015; ; assoc. prof.) US, African American, urban; abaer@uab.edu
Keitt, Andrew W. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 1998; ; prof. and dir., undergrad. program) early modern Europe, European cultural and intellectual, Iberian world; akeitt@uab.edu
Miller, Stephen J. (PHD, UCLA, 1999; ; prof.) French Revolution, modern France, comparative revolutions; sjmiller@uab.edu
Murphy, Britney (PHD, Connecticut, 2023; ; asst. prof.; African American Studies) African American, public; bmurphy2@uab.edu
Rodrick, Tola (PHD, Indiana, 2021; ; asst. prof.) late antiquity, ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern religions, philosophy, women and gender; rodrick@uab.edu
Steele, Brian D. (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2003; ; assoc. prof.) early Republic US; bdsteele@uab.edu
Van Sant, John E. (PHD, Oregon, 1996; ; assoc. prof. and dir., grad. program) East Asia, modern Japan, US-Japanese relations; jvansant@uab.edu
Ward, Walter David (PHD, UCLA, 2008; ; prof. and chair) late antiquity, Rome and Greece, Hellenistic-Roman Near East archaeology; wdward@uab.edu
Watson, Amy (PHD, Yale, 2018; ; asst. prof.) early modern Britain, British Empire, Atlantic world; watsonae@uab.edu
Wiesen, Jonathan (PHD, Brown, 1998; ; prof.) modern Europe, Germany; jwiesen@uab.edu
Zaretsky, Natasha (PHD, Brown, 2002; ; prof.) contemporary US, women/gender/feminism, energy, US conservatism; zaretsky@uab.edu
Amos Doss, Harriet E. (PHD, Emory, 1976; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) Middle Period US, Old US South, historical editing; hadoss@uab.edu
Conley, Carolyn A. (PHD, Duke, 1984; ; prof. emerita) British political and social, British Empire, crime/violence social; cconley@uab.edu
Davis, Colin J. (PHD, SUNY, Binghamton, 1989; ; prof. emeritus) US labor, US social, comparative labor movements; cjdavis@uab.edu
Lesnick, Daniel R. (PHD, Rochester, 1976; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) medieval Europe, Renaissance, ancient Greece and Rome;
Liber, George O. (PHD, Columbia, 1986; ; prof. emeritus) Soviet Union, post-Soviet Union, eastern European social, center-periphery relations in Soviet Union and its successor states, nationalism and national identity formation, processes of democratization; gliber@uab.edu
McConnell, Michael N. (PHD, William and Mary, 1983; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) colonial America, ethnohistory; mcconnel@uab.edu
Millard, Andre J. (PHD, Emory, 1981; ; prof. emeritus) American technology, popular culture, American studies; amillard@uab.edu
Murray, Pamela S. (PHD, Tulane, 1990; ; prof. emerita) Latin America, national period, Colombia; pmurray@uab.edu
Penick, James L., Jr. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 1962; ; prof. emeritus) late 19th- and 20th-century US;
Webb, Samuel L., Jr. (PHD, Arkansas, 1991; ; assoc. prof. emeritus) US since Reconstruction, New South and southern politics, US constitutional and legal;
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