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 (on leave 2011-12)

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:
ablovatskie@kenyon.edu

Read Eliza Ablovatski's biography.

Jeffrey Bowman

Professor of History

Contact Information:
Seitz House 11
740-427-5322
bowmanj@kenyon.edu

Read Jeff Bowman's biography.

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

Areas of Expertise: Chinese and Inner-Asian history from eleventh century to present, Mongol Empire.

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 02
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.

Andrew Ross

Visiting Instructor of History

Areas of Expertise: Modern France, history of sexuality, feminist and queer theory

Contact Information:
Seitz House 3
740-427-5772
rossa@kenyon.edu

Read Andrew Ross' biography.

Peter Rutkoff

Professor of American Studies

Contact Information:
O'Connor House 203
740-427-5317
rutkoff@kenyon.edu

Visit Peter's website.
Read Peter's biography.

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:
Seitz House 01
740-427-5325
schoenha@kenyon.edu

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

Read Will Scott's biography.

Wendy F. Singer

Roy T. Wortman Distinguished Professor of History (on leave 2011-12)

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.