College of Arts & Sciences

Our faculty conduct internationally recognized research and innovative, technologically-enhanced instruction. Grounded in practical experience but exploring the frontiers of their disciplines, they are models of academic excellence.

Tracey Billado, Ph.D.

Tracey Billado, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Dr. Billado's research interests revolve around law, conflict, violence, and dispute-processing during the Middle Ages.
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William Connell

William J. Connell, Ph.D.

Professor and La Motta Chair

His studies of Italian history explore the medieval and early modern roots of modern society, politics and culture.
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Larry Greene

Larry A. Greene, Ph.D.

Professor

Dr. Greene's research focuses on the relationship of African Americans to Germany and expatriate communities.
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Sean Harvey

Sean P. Harvey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Sean P. Harvey's dissertation focuses on Native American language, history and ethnology.
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Williamjames Hull Hoffer, J.D., Ph.D.

Williamjames H. Hoffer, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dr. Hoffer’s research centers on the formation of the U.S. administrative state and attitudes towards bureaucracy.
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Nathaniel Knight, Ph.D.

Nathaniel Knight, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair

His research explores Russian ethnography through scientific societies, folklore, and 19th century exhibitions.
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Daniel J. Leab, Ph.D.

Professor

Dr. Leab's research interests include labor history, history in film, and the history of the FBI and CIA.
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Maxim Matusevich, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director, Russian and East European Studies Program

Dr. Matusevich’s research focuses on the Cold War in Africa as well as the history of African-Russian encounters.
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Vanessa May

Vanessa May, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History

Professor May studies the history of women, gender, and class in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century America.
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James P McCartin

James P. McCartin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History

Professor McCartin's research focuses on the shifting character of religious belief and practice.
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Murat Menguc

Murat C. Menguc, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

I study Ottoman historiography, focusing on “the emergence of historical consciousness” among the Ottomans.
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Mark Molesky

Mark C. Molesky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

His research includes the Enlightenment, World War I II, the Holocaust, modern philosophy, and classical scholarship.
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Dermot Quinn

Dermot Quinn, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

His research interests include Catholic history, Irish-American history, and the history of Seton Hall University.
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Thomas Rzeznik, Ph.D.

Thomas Rzeznik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

His research focuses on the development of religious institutions and class dynamics within American religious life.
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Kirsten Schultz, Ph.D.

Kirsten Schultz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

My current research examines governance in the eighteenth-century Portuguese Empire in America.
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Adjunct Faculty

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Brigitte Koenig, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of History

Her approach to history emphasizes the human consequences of the events, themes, and issues that compose U.S. history.
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Faculty Emeritus

  • George P. Browne
    Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
  • Maxine Lurie
    Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


Contact Us

Department of History
(973) 275-2984
historydept@shu.edu
Fahy Hall Rm. 339