People – Current Faculty

The best way to contact instructors is via email.  Voice messages are not recommended.

If you are a registered student, please refer to your course syllabi which should contain faculty office hours and contact information.  If you are not a student, please email for an appointment. 

Additional hours are available by appointment.  Please email the faculty directly to schedule an appointment. 

Full-Time Faculty – Spring 2024

Name Title Instructor Interests Office Hours
E. Berquist Soule, Ph.D
Email: Emily.Berquist@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-211 
Professor Colonial Latin America and the Spanish Empire; Slavery and the Slave Trade; Atlantic History; Imperial Governance; Indigenous Peoples; The History of Religion

Mondays 11:00-12:00
Wednesdays 11:00-12:00
(zoom or in person)

J. Blutinger, Ph.D.
Email: Jeffrey.Blutinger@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-210
Phone: (562) 985-2196
Professor Chair, Jewish Studies Program Modern Europe, World, Jewish Studies (modern Jewish history, Holocaust, memory, historiography) Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 pm.
Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 pm.
I. Bolaños, Ph.D.
Email: Isacar.Bolanos@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-111
Assistant Professor  
Monday 1:00-2:00
Wednesdays 1:00-2:00
Thursdays 5:00-6:00
D. Bolelli
Email: bodhi1974@yahoo.com
Office: FO3-306
Lecturer United States, Ancient Rome, Native American History, History of World Religions Mondays 10-12 online 
P. Cleary, Ph.D.
Email: Patricia.Cleary@csulb.edu
Office: FO2 – 212 
Professor  

None Spring 2024

 

K. Curtis, Ph.D.
Email: Kenneth.Curtis@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-110
Professor Africa, Comparative World  
J. Dabel, Ph.D.
Email: Jane.Dabel@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-202 
Professor    Tuesdays 9:30-11 am; 12:30-1:30 pm
Thursdays  9:30-11 am; 12:30-1:30 pm
K. Flach, Ph.D.
Email: Kate.Flach@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-105A
Assistant Professor Modern U.S. History (media, race, gender, social movements, education) Mondays 9:00 am-11:00 am
Tuesdays 3:30 pm–4:30 pm
A. Fogleman
Email: Andrew.Fogleman@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-109 
Full-time Lecturer Medieval Europe (Medicine, Religious Visionaries, Universities)
Advising T/Th 8:30 am – 9:30 am; 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
History 301-06  T/Th 1:45 pm -2 pm
History 302-04 T/Th 4:45 pm -5 pm
G. Hamilton
Email: Gail.Hamilton@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117  
Full-time Lecturer History education (historical literacy, historical thinking skills)

Tuesdays: 1:30 – 4:30;
Wednesdays: 10:00 – 1:00 in-person
Thursdays 1:30-3:30 pm Zoom https://csulb.zoom.us/j/5629854428
and by appointment on Zoom: https://calendly.com/gail-hamilton/15min

A. Igmen, Ph.D.
Email: ali.igmen@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-116
Phone: (562) 985-8765
Professor Director of Research in the Humanities, Oral History Program Central Asia, Russia, Middle East, World (theater, cultural) Mondays 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Wednesdays 2:00-4:30 p.m.
A. Jenks, Ph.D.
Email: andrew.jenks@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-207 
Professor Modern Europe, Russia (politics, technology, environment) Tuesdays 3:00-6:00
R.S. Judge, Ph.D.
Email: Rajbir.Judge@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-113
Assistant Professor South Asia; Theory; Global Intellectual History; Colonialism and Empire Mondays/Wednesdays 8:20-9:20, Thursdays 5:00-6:00
M. Kelleher, Ph.D.
Email: m.kelleher@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-120  
Professor Medieval Europe (women & gender, medieval Spain, law and legal culture, Mediterranean encounters)
Tuesdays/Thursdays 2:00-3:00; 
Tuesdays/Wednesdays 5:00-6:00
M. Kuo, Ph.D.
Email: margaret.kuo@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-205 
Professor Asia (modern China)

Mondays 11:00-12:30
Thursdays 11:00-12:30

M. Larsen, Ph.D
Email: mik.larsen@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-108 
Full-time Lecturer Ancient Rome: social and cultural history, social mobility, rhetoric, religion Mondays 2:00-4:00 
J. Lawler
Email: Jeffrey.Lawler@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-218 
Full-time Lecturer United States: The American West, Culture of games and computing technology

Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 am; 1:00-2:00 pm
Thursdays 10:00-11:00 am; 1:00-2:00 pm

G. Li, Ph.D.
Email: GT.Li@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-206  
Professor Asia (Late Imperial China, family & gender, migration & social mobility) Tuesdays 12:40 pm-1:40 pm
Thursdays 12:40 pm-1:40 pm
E. Luhr, Ph.D.
Email: Eileen.Luhr@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-122  
Professor Advisor, Social Science Credential Program United States (modern/contemporary U.S., politics, religion, cultural) None Spring 2024
B. Mizelle, Ph.D.
Email: Brett.Mizelle@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-226   
Professor
Director, American Studies
United States, American studies (cultural, Early Republic and Antebellum, human-animal relationships, nature/culture) Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
Wednesdays 5:00-6:00
Thursdays 12:30-1:30
C. Murdock, Ph.D.
Email: C.Murdock@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-203  
Professor
Graduate Advisor
Modern Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Germany (borderlands, social, cultural, transnational) None Spring 2024
U. Piña, Ph.D.
Email:  Ulices.Pina@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-112
Phone: (562) 985-4426
Assistant Professor    
C. Ponce de Leon, Ph.D.
Email: Charles.Poncedeleon@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-214
Professor United States, American Studies (20th c. Cultural and Intellectual, Mass Media) None Spring 2024
N. Quam-Wickham, Ph.D.
Email: Nancy.Quam-Wickham@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-208  
Professor United States (Western)  
C. Rael, Ph.D.
Email: Carie.Rael@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-118
Assistant Professor  US Borderlands and Im/migration, US modern history, Latinx grassroots movements, labor, gender, and the carceral state. Monday 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Wednesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
S. Schrank, Ph.D.
Email: Sarah.Schrank@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-204  
Professor United States (urban, public art, culture, women, California) By appointment, please email Dr. Schrank to schedule. 
D. Shafer, Ph.D.
Email: david.shafer@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-102   
Professor, Chair Dept of Hist Modern Europe (France, revolutions, cultural) Varied.  Please email for an appointment. 
D. Sheridan, Ph.D.
Email: David.Sheridan@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-118   
Full-time Lecturer Modern Europe (Britain, gender, music, culture)
Tuesdays 3:30PM-4:00PM, 5:15PM-6:15PM
Thursdays  1:15-1:45PM
S. Smith
Email: sean.smith@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-212  
Full-time Lecturer  United States (19th c. American West, social & cultural)  
M. Takeuchi, Ph.D.
Email: Michiko.Takeuchi@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-114  
 Professor Japan (U.S.-Japan relations, women, sexuality)

Tuesdays 8:30-9:00am & 2:00-3:00pm (By Zoom)
Thursdays 8:30-9:00am & 2:00-3:00pm (By Zoom)

H. Wilford, Ph.D.
Email: hugh.wilford@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-216  
Professor United States (20th c., intellectual & diplomatic) Tuesdays 12:15-12:45; 5:00-6:00
Thursdays 12:15-12:45

Part-Time Faculty – Spring 2024

Name Title Instructor Interests Office Hours

N. Barton, Ph.D.
Email:  Nimisha.Barton@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-206

Lecturer Modern Europe Wednesdays 10:45-11:45
G. Beirich, Ph.D.
Email: Gregory.Beirich@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-216
Lecturer Medieval Europe (intellectual & religious, monasticism & heresy)

Mondays 8:00-9:30am, 11:00-12:00
Wednesdays 8:00-9:30am, 11:00-12:00

M. Berkley
Email: Matt.Berkley@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-202
Lecturer  Architectural History, California History, History of the American West, and United States History

Mondays 9:30-10:30
Wednesdays 9:30-10:30

D. Binkiewicz, Ph.D.
Email: Donna.Binkiewicz@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-107   
Lecturer United States (recent, labor, immigration, & culture) Mondays 9:30–10:00 am, 3:30-4:30 pm
Wednesdays 9:30–10:00 am, 3:30-4:30 pm
N. Cates
Email: Neal.Cates@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-211
Lecturer History education in secondary schools, World History, Globalizing US History Mondays/Thursdays 7:55-9:00 pm
M. Chow
Email: Melanie.Chow@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-205
Lecturer   Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 am.; 2:15-3:15 pm
Thursdays 2:15 3:15 pm

James Deavenport
Email: james.deavenport@csulb.edu
Office:  None

Lecturer   Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom
J. Haltom
Email: Julie.Haltom@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-120
Lecturer   M/W, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM, online via Zoom;
M/W, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM in person
H. Hernandez
Email: Holly.Hernandez@csulb.edu
Office: none
Lecturer  

Tuesdays 1:00-2:00 pm (Zoom)
Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 pm (Zoom)

L.L. Hodges
Email:  Lilylucas.Hodges@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-109
Lecturer   Mondays 12:30-2:30
B. Huntsinger
Email: Ben.Huntsinger@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117 
 Lecturer History Education, Development of reading and writing literacy, Civic Education Tuesdays 3:45-4:45pm
G. Joachim 
Email: Gunner.Joachim@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-111
Lecturer   Tuesday/Thursday 9:30 am – 11:00 am
D. Levine
Email:  Daniel.Levine@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-210

Lecturer

  Mondays 9:30-10:30 am
R. Lopez
Email: Robert.Lopez@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-218
Lecturer  

Mondays 10:00-12:00 pm
Tuesdays 4:00-4:45 pm
Thursdays 4-4:45 pm, 6:30-8:00 pm

K. Matheson
Email: Kaden.Matheson@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-204

Lecturer

  Mondays 9:30-10:30 am
Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 am
C. McCombs 
Email: C.McCombs@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-218
Lecturer   Tuesdays 9:45-11:00 AM
Thursdays 9:45-11:00 AM
R. Morris
Email: Racheli.Morris@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-210   
 Lecturer Hebrew

Mondays 4:00 pm (By appointment only) 
Wednesdays 4:00 pm (By appointment only)  

B. O’Neil
Email: Brian.Oneil@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-212
Lecturer United States (foreign relations, U.S.-Latin America, WWII, Cold War & Vietnam, immigration, CA history) Tuesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Thursdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
R. Schraff
Email: rob.schraff@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-108   
Lecturer   Mondays 1:45-3:15
Wednesdays 1:45-3:15
A. Striegl
Email: Anton.Striegl@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-122   
 Lecturer   Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 in EED-040
D. Vasquez
Email: Danah.Vasquez@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-214
Lecturer   Mondays 10:00-11:00 am, 3:00-4:00 pm
Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 am, 3:00-4:00 pm
A. Wemmer
Email: Adam.Wemmer@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117   
 Lecturer History Education, Development of reading and writing literacy, Civic Education Tuesdays 3:45-4:45 pm
E. Wilkinson
Email:  Ted.Wilkinson@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-214
Lecturer   Tuesdays 12:30 pm-1:3 pm; 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Thursdays 12:30 pm-1:3 pm; 3:30 pm-5:00 pm