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

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 M/W 10 to 11 on Zoom
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) Mondays and Wednesdays 2 to 3 pm.
I. Bolaños, Ph.D.
Email: Isacar.Bolanos@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-111
Assistant Professor   none Spring 2023
D. Bolelli
Email: bodhi1974@yahoo.com
Office: FO3-306
Lecturer United States, Ancient Rome, Native American History, History of World Religions M 12 to 2 (online)
P. Cleary, Ph.D.
Email: Patricia.Cleary@csulb.edu
Office: FO2 – 212 
Professor   Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30 to 1; Tuesdays 5 to 6; zoom and in-person
K. Curtis, Ph.D.
Email: Kenneth.Curtis@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-110
Professor Africa, Comparative World MW 11:00am to 12:00pm and 2:00 to 3:00pm.
J. Dabel, Ph.D.
Email: Jane.Dabel@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-202 
Professor    T, Th 11am to 1:30pm
A. Fogleman
Email: Andrew.Fogleman@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-109 
Full-time Lecturer Medieval Europe (Medicine, Religious Visionaries, Universities) History 301:Tues: 9:15 pm – 9:40 pm  History 302: Tuesday / Thursday 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm History 351: Tues / Thurs: 9:15 am – 9:30 am
G. Hamilton
Email: Gail.Hamilton@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117  
Full-time Lecturer History education (historical literacy, historical thinking skills) Mondays: 1:30 to 3:30 pm (in person and on Zoom)
Thursday: 1:30 to 3:30 (Zoom only) 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 UG Advisor Director, Oral His Program Central Asia, Russia, Middle East, World (theater, cultural) Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 to 5:30 pm.
A. Jenks, Ph.D.
Email: andrew.jenks@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-207 
Professor Modern Europe, Russia (politics, technology, environment)  Tuesday 12 to 3 
R.S. Judge, Ph.D.
Email: Rajbir.Judge@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-113
Assistant Professor South Asia; Theory; Global Intellectual History; Colonialism and Empire Thursday 3:15 to 6:15.
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) M/W 12:30-1:30 and Tues. 5-6.
M. Kuo, Ph.D.
Email: margaret.kuo@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-205 
Professor Asia (modern China) Mondays and Thursdays 11 to 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 MW 2 to 3, T 2 to 4 P
J. Lawler
Email: Jeffrey.Lawler@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-218 
Full-time Lecturer United States: The American West, Culture of games and computing technology Tuesday / Thursday 10 to 11 a.m. & 2 to 3:3o p.m.
G. Li, Ph.D.
Email: GT.Li@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-206  
Professor Asia (Late Imperial China, family & gender, migration & social mobility) Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 12pm
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) Tuesday 1 to 4pm (in-person only — FO2-122) Wednesday 1 to 2pm (in-person only), Wednesday 2 to 3 in-person and on zoom
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, 3:30 to 4:30p
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) T/Th 2 to 3pm
U. Piña, Ph.D.
Email:  Ulices.Pina@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-112
Phone: (562) 985-4426
Assistant Professor Modern Latin America, Mexico none Spring 2023
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) Tuesdays from 10 to 11:50AM
N. Quam-Wickham, Ph.D.
Email: Nancy.Quam-Wickham@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-208  
Professor United States (Western) Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 to 6p; Mondays on Zoom, Wednesdays in person
S. Schrank, Ph.D.
Email: Sarah.Schrank@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-204  
Professor United States (urban, public art, culture, women, California) none Spring 2023
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) 2:30PM to 3:15PM; 5:20PM to 6:20PM, Thursdays: 2:30PM to 3:15PM
S. Smith
Email: sean.smith@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-212  
Full time Lecturer  United States (19th c. American West, social & cultural) MW 2:00-3:30, Tu 2:00-4:30
M. Takeuchi, Ph.D.
Email: Michiko.Takeuchi@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-114  
 Professor Japan (U.S.-Japan relations, women, sexuality) T&Th 8:30-9:00 am
H. Wilford, Ph.D.
Email: hugh.wilford@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-216  
Professor United States (20th c., intellectual & diplomatic) Mo-We 12:30 to 1:00; We 5:00 to 6:00;

Part-Time Faculty

Name Title Instructor Interests Office Hours
G. Beirich, Ph.D.
Email: Gregory.Beirich@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-118   
Lecturer Medieval Europe (intellectual & religious, monasticism & heresy) Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
M. Berkley
Email: Matt.Berkley@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-107
Lecturer  Architectural History, California History, History of the American West, and United States History T/TH 7 to 7:45 a.m.
D. Binkiewicz, Ph.D.
Email: Donna.Binkiewicz@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-107   
Lecturer United States (recent, labor, immigration, & culture) MW 9:30 to 11:00 a.m in person or on Zoom
N. Cates
Email: Neal.Cates@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-211
Lecturer History education in secondary schools, World History, Globalizing US History  Thursdays, 7:55 PM to 9 PM via Zoom
M. Chow
Email: Melanie.Chow@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-110
Lecturer   Tues/Thu 9:30 to 10:45am, 12:30 to 1:45pm

James Deavenport
Email: james.deavenport@csulb.edu

Lecturer   Thursdays 2 to3 Pm on Zoom
K. Flach, Ph.D.
Email: Kate.Flach@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-112
Lecturer Modern U.S. History (media, race, gender, social movements, education) M/W, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. in person TR, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. via Zoom
A. Grant 
Email: AnnaBella.Grant@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-214
Lecturer American Studies Wednesday 4-6pm
H. Hernandez
Email: Holly.Hernandez@csulb.edu
Office: none
Lecturer   noon to 2pm on Monday
L.L. Hodges
Email:  Lilylucas.Hodges@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-109
Lecturer   Monday & Wednesdays – 11am-12pm
 Tuesdays (Virtual) – 10-11am
B. Huntsinger
Email: Ben.Huntsinger@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117 
 Lecturer History Education, Development of reading and writing literacy, Civic Education  
G. Joachim 
Email: Gunner.Joachim@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-111
Lecturer   Monday/Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:00
R. Lopez
Email: Robert.Lopez@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-218
Lecturer   M 10am to 12pm, T 4 to 4:45pm, Th 4 to 4:45pm, 6:30 to 8pm
C. McCombs 
Email: C.McCombs@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-218
Lecturer   T/Th 9:30 to 11:30
R. Morris
Email: Racheli.Morris@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-210   
 Lecturer Hebrew Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm (By appointment only)  
B. O’Neil
Email: Brian.Oneil@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-220
Lecturer United States (foreign relations, U.S.-Latin America, WWII, Cold War & Vietnam, immigration, CA history) MW 10 to 11am.
M. Rafi
Email:  muhammad.rafi@csulb.edu
Office: FO2 – 204
Lecturer   M – Th from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
R. Schraff
Email: rob.schraff@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-108   
Lecturer   Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-1:30 and 3:30-4:30P
A. Striegl
Email: Anton.Striegl@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-122   
 Lecturer    
D. Vasquez
Email: Danah.Vasquez@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-111
Lecturer   M/W 12:30 to 1:30pm
T/TH 9:30 to 10:30am
A. Wemmer
Email: Adam.Wemmer@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-117   
 Lecturer History Education, Development of reading and writing literacy, Civic Education  
E. Wilkinson
Email:  Ted.Wilkinson@csulb.edu
Office:  FO2-202
Lecturer   MW 1:00pm to 3:00pm and 5:00pm to 6:00pm, and TTh 12:30pm to 2:00pm
A. Woodsum, Ph.D.
Email:  Antonina.Woodsum@csulb.edu
Office: FO2-202
Lecturer   Tu/Thu 11 to 12pm