AHA Directory of History Departments and Organizations

Institution Details


University of Rochester
University of Rochester Dept. of History
Rush Rhees 362B
755 Library Rd.
Rochester, NY 14627-0070
Phone: 585.275.2053
Fax: 585.756.4425
Email: history.department@rochester.edu
Website: https://www.sas.rochester.edu/his/


The Department of History is committed to teaching, scholarship, and intellectual rigor in the context of close attention to students' needs and interests. We offer programs of study for both undergraduates and graduates.


Chair: Ruben Flores
Director of Graduate Studies: Brianna Theobald
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Thomas Fleischman
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,PHD
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: Indigenous, American cultural and intellectual, America to 1800, early modern and medieval world, Europe, Africa/Atlantic world/slavery, Latin America/Latinx, women, public health
Undergraduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $60550
   Out-of-state: $60550
Graduate Tuition (per academic year):
   In-state: $34020
   Out-of-state: $34020

Enrollment 2025-2026:
Undergraduate Majors: 68
Students in Program: 0
New Graduate Students: 3
Full-time Graduate Students: 32
Part-time Graduate Students: 0
Degrees in History: 0 AA 37 BA 0 BS 1 MA 0 MS 5 PhD
Students in Undergrad. Courses: 937
Students in Undergrad. Intro Courses: 788
% of Online-Only Courses: 0
Undergraduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://admissions.rochester.edu/
   Financial Aid: https://enrollment.rochester.edu/financial-aid/
Graduate Addresses:
   Admissions: https://www.rochester.edu/college/gradstudies/prospective/
   Financial Aid: https://enrollment.rochester.edu/financial-aid/

Areas of Specialization: Indigenous, American cultural and intellectual, America to 1800, early modern and medieval world, Europe, Africa/Atlantic world/slavery, Latin America/Latinx, women, public health

Not applicable


Doctoral Program Information

The graduate program in the University of Rochester's Department of History is a small and select one that offers both MA and PhD degrees. The program uniquely combines the personal attention of a tutorial system with the resources of a major research institution. While in residence, students have access to distinguished faculty, a world-class library, and the opportunity to interact with other leading departments. Please consult the MA handbook or the PhD handbook for the most up-to-date requirements of the graduate program, including comprehensive exams, language requirements, teaching assistantships, and advisor selection. For rules and regulations concerning graduate-level study at the University of Rochester, see the Graduate Bulletin.

Directory of History Dissertations

Doctoral Program Statistics 2025-2026:
PhD students currently enrolled: 25
PhD applications received: 26
New PhD students: 3
% of students receiving tuition waivers: 100
% of students receiving stipends: 100


Pierce, Morris A. (PHD, Rochester, 1993; ; adj. prof.) energy, technology, Rochester, NY, American military; m.pierce@rochester.edu
Ball, Molly C. (PHD, UCLA, 2013; ; asst. prof.) Brazil, Latin America, economic, immigration, global; mollycball@rochester.edu
Chambliss, Melanie (PHD, Yale, 2016; ; asst. prof.) African American, African American intellectual, modern US, interdisciplinary research methods, critical archival theory, library and information studies, African American print culture, race, Black women, Black diasporic studies; melanie.chambliss@rochester.edu
Devaney, Thomas C. (PHD, Brown, 2011; ; assoc. prof.) late medieval and early modern Europe/Mediterranean, emotions, senses, urban, interfaith relations, popular culture; thomas.devaney@rochester.edu
Fleischman, Thomas (PHD, NYU, 2013; ; assoc. prof. and dir., undergrad. studies) Germany, environmental, animal, agricultural, state socialism, Cold War; thomas.fleischman@rochester.edu
Flores, Ruben (PHD, California, Berkeley, 2006; ; assoc. prof. and chair) 20th-century US, Mexican American; ruben.flores@rochester.edu
Jarvis, Michael J. (PHD, William and Mary, 1998; ; prof.) early America, Atlantic world, maritime, public, museum studies, material culture, historical archaeology, digital; michael.jarvis@rochester.edu
Kuhn, Jedediah (PHD, Indiana, 2018; ; asst. prof.) Native American, Indigenous studies, US-Mexico borderlands, queer studies, Latinx/Chicanx, American West, 19th-/20th-century US cultural, gender and sexuality, US race and racialization; jkuhn9@ur.rochester.edu
Lenoe, Matthew E. (PHD, Chicago, 1997; ; prof. and grad. career advisor) Russia, Soviet Union, Stalinist culture and politics, mass media, Soviet soldiers in WWII, Russia in East Asia, Leninism in world history; matthew.lenoe@rochester.edu
Sierra Silva, Pablo M. (PHD, UCLA, 2013; ; assoc. prof.) Latin America, African diaspora, Caribbean and Atlantic; pablo.sierra@rochester.edu
Smoller, Laura Ackerman (PHD, Harvard, 1991; ; Arthur R. Miller Prof. of History) medieval and Renaissance Europe, medieval Christianity, early science and medicine, astrology and prophecy; laura.smoller@rochester.edu
Theobald, Brianna (PHD, Arizona State, 2015; ; asst. prof. and dir., grad. studies) US women and gender, Native American, reproduction; brianna.theobald@rochester.edu
Weaver, Stewart A. (PHD, Stanford, 1985; ; Franklin W. & Gladys I. Clark Prof. of History) Britain, British Empire 1485-present, Himalayan, environmental; stewart.weaver@rochester.edu
Bakhmetyeva, Tatyana V. (PHD, Rochester, 2006; ; assoc. prof.; Susan B. Anthony Inst. for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies) Russia, Soviet Union, gender, masculinity, nature, science/glaciology; tatyana.bakhmetyeva@rochester.edu
Gamm, Gerald H. (PHD, Harvard, 1994; ; prof.; Political Science) 19th- and 20th-century America, American political and social; gerald.gamm@rochester.edu
Pedersen, Jean Elisabeth (PHD, Chicago, 1993; ; prof.; Humanities, Eastman School of Music) modern France, modern Europe, feminist theory, women, gender studies, philosophy of science, sociology of knowledge, academic disciplines; jpedersen@esm.rochester.edu
Raz, Mical (MD, Tel Aviv, 2009; PHD, Tel Aviv, 2007; Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Prof. in Public Policy and Health; Clinical Medicine) medicine, health policy, mental health, psychiatry, public health; micalraz@rochester.edu
Borus, Daniel H. (PHD, Virginia, 1985; ; prof. emeritus) 19th-century American cultural and intellectual; daniel.borus@rochester.edu
Brown, Theodore M. (PHD, Princeton, 1968; ; prof. emeritus) medicine, public health, health policy, intellectual, institutional; theodore_brown@urmc.rochester.edu
Hudson, Larry E. (PHD, Keele, 1989; ; retired assoc. prof.) African American, theory and methods of oral history, comparative slavery, Civil War and Reconstructions, New South; larry.hudson@rochester.edu
Inikori, Joseph Eyitemi (PHD, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1973; ; prof. emeritus) Africa, slavery, economics, Atlantic world economic; inik@mail.rochester.edu
Kaeuper, Richard W. (PHD, Princeton, 1967; ; Franklin W. & Gladys I. Clark Prof. of History emeritus) medieval Britain and continental Europe; richard.kaeuper@rochester.edu
Mandala, Elias C. (PHD, Minnesota, 1983; ; retired prof.) southern Africa since 19th century, social; elias.mandala@rochester.edu
Outram, Dorinda (PHD, Cambridge, 1974; ; Franklin W. & Gladys I. Clark Prof. of History emerita) 18th-century Europe, science, Enlightenment; dorinda.outram@rochester.edu
Rubin, Joan Shelley (PHD, Yale, 1974; ; research prof. and Dexter Perkins Prof. in History emerita) 19th- and 20th-century American cultural and intellectual, women, book; joan.rubin@rochester.edu
Slaughter, Thomas P. (PHD, Princeton, 1983; ; Arthur R. Miller Prof. of History emeritus) early America, American Revolution, abolition, humans and nature, families, Europe and Americas c. 1500-1900; thomas.slaughter@rochester.edu
Walsh, David A. (PHD, Minnesota, 1974; ; prof. emeritus) medieval studies, monasticism, archaeology; david.walsh@rochester.edu
Westbrook, Robert B. (PHD, Stanford, 1980; ; Joseph F. Cunningham Prof. of History emeritus) American cultural, 20th-century America, social sciences; robert.westbrook@rochester.edu

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