Faculty

The Department of History consists presently of fifteen full-time teacher-scholars, who are equally committed to education and to research. Thematically, we deal not only with politics and ideas, but also with society, popular culture, minorities, military affairs, and business. History serves not only to deepen the understanding of such issues, but to sharpen the student's skills appropriate to a variety of graduate programs and professional career-paths.

• Laurie Bernstein, Associate Professor of History: B.A., Sonoma State University, 1976; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1981, 1987.
  Areas of Special Interest: Russian history; European women's history.
  Director of Women's Studies
  e-mail address: lbernste@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.2716
 
• Jeffery M. Dorwart, Professor of History: B.A., Connecticut, 1965; M.A., Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1968, 1971.
  Areas of Special Interest: New Jersey history; military, naval, and intelligence history; sports history.
  e-mail address: dorwart@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6069
 
• Howard Gillette, Professor of History: B.A., Yale, 1964; Ph.D., Yale 1970
  Areas of Special Interest: urban history, modern American history.
  e-mail address: HFG@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6064
 
• Wayne Glasker, Associate Professor of History: B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1980, 1981, 1994.
  Areas of Special Interest: African-American history; 20th Century U. S. history; Africa.
  Director African-American Studies.
  e-mail address: glasker@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6220
 
• Janet Golden, Professor of History: B.A. Boston University, Sociology, cum laude, 1973; M.U.A. Boston University, Urban Affairs Program, 1974; Ph.D. Boston University, American Studies Program, 1984.
  Areas of Special Interest: medical history; women's history; U. S. social history.
  e-mail address: jgolden@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.2813
 
• Andrew Lees, Professor II of History: B.A., Amherst, 1963; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard, 1964, 1969.
  Areas of Special Interest: modern European and American cultural history; urban history; modern Britain and modern Germany.
  e-mail address: alees@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6071
 
• Margaret Marsh, University Professor: Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1974.
  Areas of Special Interest: women and gender, American culture, gender and medicine.
  Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University-Camden
  e-mail address: mmarsh@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6097
 
• Wendell Pritchett, Professor of History, Professor of Law: B.A., Brown 1986; J.D., Yale Law School 1991; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1997.
  Areas of Special Interest: urban history, modern American history.
  Chancellor, Rutgers University-Camden
  e-mail address: chancellor@camden.rutgers.edu
  Office Phone:856.225.6095
   
• Nancy G. Rosoff, Associate Member of the History Department: A.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1978; M.A., West Chester University, 1991; Ph.D., Temple University, 2004.
  Areas of special interest: women's history, U.S. social and cultural history; history of sports.
  Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Program Development
  e-mail address: nrosoff@camden.rutgers.edu
  Office Phone: 856.225.6486
   
• Philip B. Scranton, Board of Governors Professor of History: B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1968, 1971, 1975.
  Areas of Special Interest: American social and economic history, with emphasis on business and labor.
  Graduate Chair
  e-mail address: scranton@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.2713
 
• Andrew Shankman, Associate Professor of History: B.A., Northern Illinois University, 1992;  M.A., Ph.D., Princeton, 1994, 1997.
  Areas of Special Interest: colonial British North  America, revolutionary and early national U.S., early modern England.
  e-mail address: shankman@camden.rutgers.edu 

Office Phone: 856.225.6477
 
• Jacob Soll, Associate Professor of History: B.A., University of Iowa, 1991; D.É.A., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1993; Ph.D., Cambridge, 1998.
  Areas of Special Interest: Early modern European history, medieval history, Renaissance and Reformation.
  e-mail address: soll@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.2712
  
• Lorrin Reed Thomas, Assistant Professor of History: B.A., Columbia College, 1993; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
  Areas of Special Interest: Latin American history, U.S. immigration and urban history, world history.
  e-mail address: lthomas2@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.2656
 
• Elizabeth VanderVen, Assistant Professor of History: B.A., Vassar; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., California (UCLA), 2003.
  Areas of Special Interest: east Asia, modern China.
  e-mail address: evanderv@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6080
 
• Gerald Verbrugghe, Associate Professor of History: B.A., Loyola, 1967; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 1969, 1971.
  Areas of Special Interest: Ancient history, archaeology.
  Department Chair
  e-mail address: verbrugg@camden.rutgers.edu

Office Phone: 856.225.6075
 
• Allen L. Woll, Professor of History: B.A., Chicago, M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1971, 1975.
  Areas of Special Interest: documentary film; American popular culture; film history; Latin American history.
  Director, The Honors College
  e-mail address: awoll@camden.rutgers.edu
  Office Phone: 856.225.6671

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WHAT AREAS OF HISTORY DO HISTORY DEPARTMENT PROFESSORS COVER?

1. U.S. - Dorwart, Gillette, Golden, Glasker, Marsh, Pritchett, Rosoff, Scranton, Shankman, Thomas, Woll.
2. Western Europe and Britain - Bernstein, Lees, Shankman, Soll, Verbrugghe.
3. Central and Eastern Europe (Germany, Russia, etc.) - Bernstein, Lees, Verbrugghe.
4. Latin America - Thomas, Woll
5. East Asia, China - VanderVen
6. World History - Bernstein, Glasker, Soll, Verbrugghe, Thomas, VanderVen, Woll.
7. Women's History - Bernstein, Golden, Marsh, Rosoff.
8. Local History (New Jersey history and the history of the Delaware Valley) - Dorwart, Gillette, Scranton.
9. Social, Intellectual, Cultural Diversity - Bernstein, Gillette, Glasker, Golden, Lees, Marsh, Pritchett, Rosoff, Verbrugghe.
10. Business, Economics - Dorwart, Gillette, Scranton.
11. Military, Diplomatic - Dorwart.
12. Science, Technology - Golden, Marsh, Scranton