History Faculty
The faculty of Kenyon's Department of History collectively cover the history of most regions of the globe. Among the faculty are historians of Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, Europe (Medieval and Modern), and the United States. Within each of these expansive fields are important sub-fields to which these faculty bring specialized training and expertise. Such sub-fields include South Africa, China, Japan, India, Argentina, Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Eastern Europe, European Women's History, African American, and American Indian History. The diverse and accomplished faculty of the Department of History are dedicated to their students, and to the areas of history for which they assume special responsibility.
Glenn M. McNair
Associate Professor of History, Chair
Areas of Expertise: Civil rights, slavery and Southern history, criminal justice history, African American political and intellectual culture, dynamics of American identity formation
Contact Information:
O'Connor House 205
740-427-5325
mcnairg@kenyon.edu
Read Glenn McNair's biography.
Eliza J. Ablovatski
Associate Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Women's history, European Jewish history, East European and German film and literature, war and revolution in 20th Century Europe
Contact Information:
Seitz House 05
740-427-5892
ablovatskie@kenyon.edu
Read Eliza Ablovatski's biography.
Rachael Ball
Visiting Professor of History (2009-10)
Areas of Expertise: Early Modern European History and Early Modern Atlantic World with special reference to Spanish Empire
Contact Information:
Seitz House 02
740-427-5327
ballr@kenyon.edu
Read Rachael Ball's biography.
Jeffrey Bowman
Associate Professor of History
Contact Information:
Seitz House 11
740-427-5322
bowmanj@kenyon.edu
Sylvie Coulibaly
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: African American intellectual tradition; Immigration, border studies and trans nationalism; and Atlantic history
Contact Information:
Seitz House 07
740-427-5624
coulibalys@kenyon.edu
Read Sylvie Coulibaly's biography.
Ruth W. Dunnell
James P. Storer Professor of Asian History, Director of Asian Studies
Areas of Expertise: Chinese and Inner-Asian history from eleventh century to present, Mongol empire, Muslim/Hui in China from thirteenth century to present
Contact Information:
Seitz House 04
740-427-5323
dunnell@kenyon.edu
Read Ruth Dunnell's biography.
Nurten Kilic-Schubel
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Islamic History, History of Central Eurasia, Ottoman History, Women and Gender in Islamic History
Contact Information:
Seitz House 03
740-427-5320
kilicn@kenyon.edu
Read Nurten Kilic-Schubel's biography.
Bruce L. Kinzer
Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Modern British history and the British empire
Contact Information:
Seitz House 09
740-427-5318
kinzerb@kenyon.edu
Read Bruce Kinzer's biography.
Matthew W. Maguire
Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of History and Humanities (on leave 2009-10)
Areas of Expertise: Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment; Early modern and modern French history, especially of the ancient régime and the French Revolution; History of modern philosophy, especially philosophy of religion and modern political philosophy
Contact Information:
maguirem@kenyon.edu
Read Matthew Maguire's biography.
Peter Rutkoff
Professor of American Studies
Contact Information:
O'Connor House 203
740-427-5317
rutkoff@kenyon.edu
Kai P. Schoenhals
Professor Emeritus of History
Areas of Expertise: Middle East, Russian and Soviet history, eastern Europe since 1918, Germany since the reformation, socialism, Latin America
Contact Information:
Read Kai Schoenhals' biography.
William B. Scott
Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: American intellectual, cultural, and Southern history
Contact Information:
Acland House 23
740-427-5640
scott@kenyon.edu
Wendy F. Singer
Roy T. Wortman Distinguished Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: History of India, South Asia -- Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, globalization and migration, transnational communities
Contact Information:
Seitz House 08
740-427-5324
singerw@kenyon.edu
Read Wendy Singer's biography.
William Suarez-Potts
Assistant Professor of History (on leave 2009-10)
Areas of Expertise: Latin American history, Mexican history, business, economic, legal and labor history, International relations
Contact Information:
suarezpottsw@kenyon.edu
Read William Suarez-Potts' biography.
Stephen Volz
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Africa and Southern Africa, colonialism and nineteenth century colonialism, comparative religious history and Christian religious history, Islam and African indigenous religions
Contact Information:
Seitz House 06
740-427-5836
volzs@kenyon.edu
Read Stephen Volz's biography.
Roy T. Wortman
Distinguished Professorship in History, Emeritus
Areas of Expertise: Canadian and United States Indian/First Nations history, United States political and social history
Contact Information:
Ascension 010
740-427-5319
wortman@kenyon.edu