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Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University Dept. of History
777 Glades Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Phone: 561.297.3840
Fax: 561.297.2704
Email: dkanter1@fau.edu
Website: https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/history/


The Department of History includes highly recognized authors of scholarly books, essays and articles in American, European, Asian and Latin American history. Several faculty members have received teaching awards, and maintain a record of admirable service to the community and the profession.


Chair: Douglas Kanter
Director of Graduate Studies: Adrian Finucane
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Eric Hanne
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,CERT
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: 19th- and 20th-century US, modern Europe, Florida, African American, Atlantic world
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $5488
   Out-of-state: $19488
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $7440
   Out-of-state: $20536

Enrollment 2025-26:
Undergraduate Majors: 180
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 10
Full-time Graduate Students: 15
Part-time Graduate Students: 10
Degrees in History: 0 AA 45 BA 0 BS 9 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.fau.edu/about/admissions/
   Financial Aid: https://www.fau.edu/finaid/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://www.fau.edu/graduate/
   Financial Aid: https://www.fau.edu/finaid/

Areas of Specialization: 19th- and 20th-century US, modern Europe, Florida, African American, Atlantic world

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Doctoral Program Information

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Directory of History Dissertations

Doctoral Program Statistics 2025-26:
PhD students currently enrolled: 0
PhD applications received: 0
New PhD students: 0
% of students receiving tuition waivers: 0
% of students receiving stipends: 0


Dockswell, Jeffrey (PHD, Florida Atlantic, 2021; ; adj.) modern US, historical thinking, critical pedagogy; jdockswell2012@fau.edu
Dunne, Brian Thomas (MA, Florida Atlantic, 2011; ; adj.) 18th- and 19th-century US, intellectual; bdunne1@fau.edu
Goldstein, Mark (; ; adj.) ;
King, Kisha B. (MA, Florida International, 1999; ; adj.) US South, civil rights;
McGee, Yasmin (MA, Florida Atlantic, 2020; ; adj.) ;
Nall, John (MA, Florida Atlantic, 2023; ; adj.) ;
Ross, Ryan (MA, Florida Atlantic, 2016; ; adj.) ;
Thur, Victoria (MA, Florida Atlantic, 2006; MLS, South Florida, 2008; adj.; head, Special Collections, Wimberly Library) archives management, books and print culture, public; vthur@fau.edu
Anslover, Nicole L. (PHD, Kansas, 2007; ; assoc. prof.; dir., History Department Symposia Series) US since 1877, American presidential, American political; nanslover@fau.edu
Bennett, Evan P. (PHD, William and Mary, 2005; ; assoc. prof.) US, Florida, American South; ebennett@fau.edu
Dunlea, Claudia (PHD, Hamburg, Germany, 2003; ; sr. instr.) modern Europe; cdunlea@fau.edu
Ellenbogen, Yakov (PHD, Columbia, 2025; ; asst. prof.) Middle Ages, social and cultural, Ashkenazic (Western European) Jewry; yellenbogen@fau.edu
Ely, Christopher David (PHD, Brown, 1997; ; prof.; Harriet L. Wilkes Honors Coll.) modern Russia, European cultural and intellectual; cely@fau.edu
Engle, Stephen D. (PHD, Florida State, 1989; ; prof.) 19th-century America, Civil War and Reconstruction, US South; engle@fau.edu
Finucane, Adrian (PHD, Harvard, 2010; ; assoc. prof. and dir., grad. studies) Atlantic world, early America, law/religion/society; afinucane@fau.edu
Fretwell, Laura Brannan (PHD, George Mason, 2025; ; asst. prof.) ;
Ganson, Barbara A. (PHD, Texas, Austin, 1994; ; prof.) Latin America, aviation; bganson@fau.edu
Hanne, Eric J. (PHD, Michigan, 1998; ; assoc. prof. and dir., undergrad. studies) Islamic, numismatics; ehanne@fau.edu
Holloway, Kenneth William (PHD, Pennsylvania, 2002; ; prof.) China, Japan; khollow4@fau.edu
Kanter, Douglas (PHD, Chicago, 2006; ; assoc. prof. and chair) modern Britain, Ireland; dkanter1@fau.edu
Kollander, Patricia A. (PHD, Brown, 1992; ; prof.) modern Germany, Russia, European diplomatic; kollande@fau.edu
McGetchin, Douglas T. (PHD, California, San Diego, 2002; ; prof.) world, modern Germany; dmcgetch@fau.edu
Mitton, Steven Heath (PHD, Louisiana State, 2005; ; sr. instr.) 19th-century US, world, economic; smitton@fau.edu
Norman, Sandra L. (PHD, Brown, 1988; ; assoc. prof.) public, material culture, environmental; norman@fau.edu
Rose, Mark H. (PHD, Ohio State, 1973; ; prof.) 20th-century US, urban, business and public policy; mrose@fau.edu
Scott, Jermaine (PHD, Northwestern, 2019; ; asst. prof.) 20th-century African American, African diaspora, black politics and culture, race and sport; scottj@fau.edu
Sharples, Jason T. (PHD, Princeton, 2010; ; assoc. prof.) colonial America, early Republic, Atlantic slavery; jsharples@fau.edu
Strain, Christopher B. (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2000; ; prof.; Harriet L. Wilkes Honors Coll.) American studies, African American, ethnic studies; cstrain@fau.edu
Weinberg, Eyal (PHD, Texas, Austin, 2019; ; asst. prof.) modern Latin America, Brazil, science and medicine, Cold War politics; eweinberg@fau.edu
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