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Faculty Profiles

 
 
Our Faculty
 

Dr. Phillip Hamilton, Associate Professor

Department Chair

- American Revolution/Early Republic

- Civil War & Reconstruction

- Virginia, American South & Slavery

(757) 594-7251

phamilt@cnu.edu

 

Dr. William Connell, Assistant Professor

- Atlantic World

- Brazil

- Colonial & Modern Mexico

- Modern Latin America

- World Civilizations

(757) 594-7362

wconnell@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Eric Duskin, Associate Professor

- World Civilizations

- Russia

- Soviet Union

- Central Asia

(757) 594-7121

eduskin@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Andrew Falk, Assistant Professor

- Modern United States

- American Foreign Relations

- American Military

- American Culture

(757) 594-8431

falk@cnu.edu

 

Prof. Amanda Herbert, Instructor

- British History

- History of Women, Gender & Sexuality

- Religious History

- Early Modern History

(757) 594-7393

amanda.herbert@cnu.edu

 

Dr. John Hyland, Assistant Professor

- Achaemenid Persia

- Ancient Warfare

- Classical Greece

- Roman Republic and Empire

- Medieval Europe

(757) 594-7230

john.hyland@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Mario Mazzarella, Professor

- World Civilizations

- Modern Europe

- Modern Germany

(757) 594-7187

mazz@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Brian Puaca, Assistant Professor

- Postwar Europe

- German Social and Cultural History

- History of Education

(757) 594-7225

bpuaca@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Laura Puaca, Assistant Professor

- Women's History

- Gender History

- U.S. History

- History of Education

(757) 594-8879

laura.puaca@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Anthony Santoro, Distinguished Professor, President Emeritus

- Ancient and Medieval World

- Ancient Egypt

- The Byzantine Empire

- The Nazi State and the Holocaust

- History on Film

- The History of Propaganda

- The History of Terror

- The Fascist and Nazi Aesthetic

(757) 594-7709
FAX: (757) 594-7718

santoro@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Nigel Sellars, Associate Professor

- 20th Century America

- American Social & Labor

- American Popular Culture & Sports

(757) 594-7077

nsellars@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Sheri-Shuck-Hall, Associate Professor

- American Indians

- Colonial North America

- Public History

(757) 594-8430

sheri.shuckhall@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Shumet Sishagne, Associate Professor

- World Civilizations

- African History

- Modern Middle East

- History of Islam

(757) 594-7118

sishagne@cnu.edu

 

Dr. Xiaoqun Xu, Associate Professor

- Chinese and East Asian History

xxu@cnu.edu

   
Adjunct Faculty  
Mr. Philip Flowers pflowers@cnu.edu
Ms. Rolande Phillips rphillip@cnu.edu
Dr. Robert Pierce robert.pierce@cnu.edu
Mr. Brian Stokes brian.stokes@cnu.edu
   
Administrative Support  
Nina Bates, Secretary history@cnu.edu
   
Emeritus & Retired Faculty  
Dr. Theodora P. Bostick   Dr. James Morris
Dr. Timothy Morgan   Dr. Robert Saunders
   
Department Location: McMurran Hall 206   Department Phone: (757) 594-7567
Department FAX:  (757) 594-8771

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