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Florida State University
Florida State University Dept. of History
401 Bellamy Bldg.
113 Collegiate Loop
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2200
Phone: 850.644.5888
Fax: 850.644.6402
Email: smitchell7@fsu.edu
Website: https://history.fsu.edu/


The Department of History at Florida State University is among the very best history departments in the southeastern United States, with a lengthy tradition of scholarly excellence and academic achievement.


Chair: Jennifer Koslow
Director of Graduate Studies: Katherine Mooney
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Ben Dodds
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,PHD
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: US, modern Europe, Latin America/Middle East/Asia/Atlantic world, public, STEM, war and society
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $6467
   Out-of-state: $23150
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $8628
   Out-of-state: $21130

Enrollment 2025-26:
Undergraduate Majors: 230
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 15
Full-time Graduate Students: 44
Part-time Graduate Students: 5
Degrees in History: 0 AA 0 BA 0 BS 9 MA 0 MS 3 PhD
Students in Undergrad. Courses: 0
Students in Undergrad. Intro Courses: 0
% of Online-Only Courses: 0
Undergraduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://admissions.fsu.edu/
   Financial Aid: https://financialaid.fsu.edu/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://admissions.fsu.edu/graduate/
   Financial Aid: https://gradschool.fsu.edu/funding-awards

Areas of Specialization: US, modern Europe, Latin America/Middle East/Asia/Atlantic world, public, STEM, war and society

Not applicable


Doctoral Program Information

We have overall strengths in US; Modern Europe; Latin America; Middle East and Islam; Asia; Atlantic World; and thematic strengths in Public History; Gender and Women’s History; History of Science, Technology, and the Environment; and War and Society. In addition, the department houses the Weider Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution which interacts on campus with FSU's Winthrop-King Institute on French and Francophone Studies. The department also houses the Women’s Studies Program, an interdisciplinary initiative. The library has a very deep collection on French history and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Students can also utilize sources and learn archival skills working in the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience in the department. Teaching assistantships and graduate assistantships are available for many qualified students. The department and the University also offer several competitive fellowships. At the PhD level, 36 hours of course work, a portfolio, and oral comprehensive exams are required.

Directory of History Dissertations

Doctoral Program Statistics 2025-26:
PhD students currently enrolled: 33
PhD applications received: 22
New PhD students: 7
% of students receiving tuition waivers: 70
% of students receiving stipends: 70


Blaufarb, Rafe (PHD, Michigan, 1996; ; prof.) revolutionary/Napoleonic France, military, legal; rblaufarb@fsu.edu
Creswell, Michael H. (PHD, Chicago, 1997; ; assoc. prof.) contemporary Europe/modern France, Cold War, military; mcreswell@fsu.edu
Culver, Annika A. (PHD, Chicago, 2007; ; prof.) East Asia, modern Japanese intellectual; aculver@fsu.edu
Dodds, Ben (PHD, Durham, 2002; ; assoc. prof. and dir., undergrad. studies) medieval Europe, peasants and rural society, modern Spain; bdodds@fsu.edu
Doel, Ronald E. (PHD, Princeton, 1990; ; prof.) science and technology, environmental, Arctic; rdoel@fsu.edu
Frank, Andrew K. (PHD, Florida, 1998; ; prof.) Native American, US South/Florida, early America; afrank@fsu.edu
Grant, Jonathan A. (PHD, Wisconsin-Madison, 1995; ; prof.) Russia, Central Asia; jgrant@fsu.edu
Haigler, Mercedes (PHD, Virginia, 2025; ; asst. prof.) gender, political culture, early American republic; mhaigler@fsu.edu
Hanley, Will (PHD, Princeton, 2007; ; assoc. prof.) Middle East, empire, legal; whanley@fsu.edu
Herrera, Robinson A. (PHD, UCLA, 1997; ; assoc. prof.) colonial Latin America, Central America; rherrera@fsu.edu
Hicks, Anasa Samantha (PHD, NYU, 2017; ; assoc. prof.) 20th-century Cuba, Hispanic Caribbean, labor studies; ahicks@fsu.edu
Jones, Maxine D. (PHD, Florida State, 1982; ; prof.) 19th-century US, African American; mjones@fsu.edu
Koslow, Jennifer L. (PHD, UCLA, 2001; ; prof. and chair) public, urban and women, Gilded Age and Progressive Era; jkoslow@fsu.edu
Lauersdorf, Aubrey (PHD, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2020; ; asst. prof.) North American borderlands, Native South, 16th and 17th century; alauersdorf@fsu.edu
Liebeskind, Claudia (PHD, London, 1995; ; assoc. prof.) South Asia, Islam, medicine; cliebeskind@fsu.edu
McClive, Cathy (PHD, Warwick, 2004; ; prof.) early modern France/French Revolution, medicine, gender; cmcclive@fsu.edu
Mooney, Katherine (PHD, Yale, 2012; ; assoc. prof. and dir., grad. studies) US South; kmooney@fsu.edu
Ozok-Gundogan, Nilay (PHD, SUNY, Binghamton, 2011; ; assoc. prof.) Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Kurdistan; nozokgundogan@fsu.edu
Piehler, G. Kurt (PHD, Rutgers, 1990; ; assoc. prof.) World War II, American military, war/society/oral; kpiehler@fsu.edu
Powers Conti, Kathleen (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2022; ; asst. prof.) public, historic preservation, cultural, environmental, architectural; kpowersconti@fsu.edu
Renfro, Paul (PHD, Iowa, 2016; ; assoc. prof.) post-1945 US, political and cultural, gender and sexuality, carcerality, childhood and family; prenfro@fsu.edu
Rizzi, Christine Antoinette (PHD, Mississippi, 2019; ; asst. teaching faculty) ; carizzi@fsu.edu
Robbins, Pamela D. (PHD, Florida State, 2003; ; teaching prof.) ; probbins@fsu.edu
Scholz, Maximilian Miguel (PHD, Yale, 2016; ; asst. prof.) Reformation/religion, migration and exiles, early modern Europe; mscholz@fsu.edu
Sinke, Suzanne M. (PHD, Minnesota, 1993; ; prof.) migration, gender, US history in comparative perspective; ssinke@fsu.edu
Upchurch, Charles J (PHD, Rutgers, 2003; ; prof.) modern Britain, British Empire and Atlantic world, gender and sexuality; cupchurch@fsu.edu
Williamson, George S. (PHD, Yale, 1996; ; assoc. prof.) 19th-century Germany, European religious, European cultural and intellectual; gwilliamson@fsu.edu
Gabriel, Joseph M. (PHD, Rutgers, 2006; ; assoc. prof.; Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine) medicine, biomedical sciences, intellectual property, legal, cultural; jgabriel@fsu.edu
Gellately, Robert J. (PHD, London, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) modern Germany, modern Russia, Holocaust; rgellately@fsu.edu
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