The Department of History’s faculty members are teacher-scholars who are equally committed to education and research. The courses we teach are designed to deepen our students’ understanding of complex historical processes and to sharpen their communication and analytical skills, which are in demand among employers and graduate programs.

 

Kendra Boyd

Title/Rank:  Assistant Professor of History
Education:  B.S., Business Administration, Wayne State University, 2010; Ph.D. History, Rutgers University-New Brunswick 2017
Areas of Special Interest: African-American history; U.S. business and economic history; Urban history; 20th Century U.S. history
Email:  kendra.boyd@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2716
Web: http://sites.rutgers.edu/kendra-boyd/

Kate Epstein

Katherine Epstein

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Title/Rank:
Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., Yale University, 2004; M.Phil., Cambridge University 2005; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2011.
Areas of Special Interest: Military history; International relations: Late 19th-early 20th century American history.
Email: kce17@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2721
Web: https://katherineepstein.rutgers.edu/

Evan Jewell

Title/Rank:  Assistant Professor of History
Education:  B.A., Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2011; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University, 2014, 2015, 2019 .
Areas of Special Interest:  Ancient Mediterranean history; youth and age in the Roman world; gender history; history of ancient colonization, slavery, migration and displacement; Roman urban history and topography; Roman material culture and archaeology; memory studies; digital history.
Email:  ej281@rutgers.edu
Phone: 856-225-2813
Web: https://sites.rutgers.edu/evan-jewell/

Nick Kapur

Nick Kapur

Graduate Program Director
Title/Rank:
Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., M.A., Stanford University, 2002, 2003; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University 2006, 2011.
Areas of Special Interest: East Asian history; Japan; China; global/transnational history; environmental history.
Email: nick.kapur@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2713
Web:  https://history.camden.rutgers.edu/about/faculty/nick-kapur/

Emily Marker

Emily Marker

Title/Rank: Associate Professor of History
Education: BA, New York University, 2004, MA, University of Chicago, 2008, PhD, University of Chicago, 2016
Areas of Special Interest: Modern Europe; France and Francophone Africa; empire; race; religion; youth.
Email: emily.marker@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) -225-6075
Office: #200 in 429 Cooper
Web: https://emilymarker.camden.rutgers.edu/

Margaret Marsh

Margaret Marsh

Title/Rank: University Professor
Education: B.A., Rutgers University – Camden, 1967; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University – New Brunswick, 1969, 1974.
Areas of Special Interest: Women and gender; American culture; Gender and medicine.
Email: mmarsh@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2845
Web: https://mmarsh.rutgers.edu/

Charlene Mires

Charlene Mires

Title/Rank: Professor of History
Education: B.S., Ball State University, 1979; MLA., University of Pennsylvania, 1992; Ph.D., Temple University, 1997.
Areas of Special Interest: Public history; Material culture; Urban history (Philadelphia); 19th and 20th-century U.S. history.
Email: cmires@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6069
Office: 325 Cooper Street, Room 100
Web: https://charlenemires.rutgers.edu/

Susan Mokhberi

Susan Mokhberi

Title/Rank: Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2001, 2006, 2010.
Areas of Special Interest: Early modern European diplomatic and cultural history; Encounters between East and West.
Email: s.mokhberi@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2712
Web: https://sites.rutgers.edu/susan-mokhberi/

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Andrew Shankman

Department Chair
Title/Rank: Professor of History
Education: B.A., Northern Illinois University, 1992; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994, 1997.
Areas of Special Interest: Colonial British North America; Revolutionary and early national U.S.; Early modern England.
Email: shankman@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6477
Web: https://history.camden.rutgers.edu/about/faculty/andrew-shankman/

Lorrin Thomas

Lorrin Thomas

On Sabbatical 2023-2024

Title/Rank: Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., Columbia College, 1993; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Areas of Special Interest: Latin American history; U.S. immigration and urban history; citizenship and human rights.
Email: lthomas2@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2656
Web: https://lorrinthomas.rutgers.edu/

Wendy Woloson

On Sabbatical 2023-2024

Title/Rank: Professor of History
Education: B.F.A., Iowa State University, 1986; M.F.A., Montana State University, 1990; M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, American Studies, 1999.
Areas of Special Interest: American popular culture; Public history; U.S. economic history.
Email: ww207@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2711
Web: https://sites.rutgers.edu/wendy-woloson/

Part-Time Lecturers

Rich Grippaldi

Richard Grippaldi  – Brookdale campus

Education: B.A., The College of New Jersey, 2001; Ph.D., Temple University, 2011.
Email:  rgrippal@camden.rutgers.edu

Keith Reilly –  Camden Campus

Education:  San Francisco State University, BA, 2012; Temple University, MA, 2016; Temple University, Ph.D, 2022. 
Email:  keith.riley@rutgers.edu

Anais Faurt

Education: Ph.D. Candidate in History, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, 2018-; Fields: Modern Europe, Women’s and Gender History; ABD since September 2021; Dissertation Committee: Judith Surkis (chair), Melissa Feinberg, Seth Koven, Emmanuelle Saada.; Master’s Degree, Comparative Government Sciences, Sciences Po. Grenoble (France), summa cum laude, 2018 M.A., French Studies, Institute of French Studies, New York University, 2017; Bachelor, Political Studies, Sciences Po. Grenoble (France), with honors, 2016; Diplôme Universitaire d’Études Générales, Law, Grenoble II University (France), 2015

Email: af783@history.rutgers.edu 

 Emerita/Emeritus Professors of History

Laurie Bernstein

Title/Rank: Professor Emerita
Education: B.A., Sonoma State University, 1976; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1981, 1987.
Areas of Special Interest: Russian and Soviet history; European women’s history; Jewish history.
Email: laurie.bernstein@rutgers.edu
Web: https://lauriebernstein.rutgers.edu/

 

Rodney Carlisle

Rodney Carlisle

Title/Rank: Emeritus Professor of History
Email: mailto:carlisle@rutgers.edu

Jeffrey Dorwart

Jeffery Dorwart

Title/Rank: Emeritus Professor of History
Email:
  dorwart@rutgers.edu

Howard Gillette

Howard Gillette

Title/Rank: Emeritus Professor of History
Email:
mailto: hfg@rutgers.edu
Web: https://gillette.rutgers.edu/

Wayne Glasker

Wayne Glasker

Title/Rank: Emeritus Professor of History
Education: 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.
Email: glasker@camden.rutgers.edu
Web: https://glasker.rutgers.edu/

 

Janet Golden

Janet Golden

Title/Rank: Professor of History
Education: 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.
Email: jgolden@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2813
Web: https://golden.rutgers.edu/

 Andrew Lees

Andrew Lees

Title/Rank: Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Education: B.A., Amherst, 1963; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University, 1964, 1969.
Areas of Special Interest: Modern European and American cultural history; Urban history; Modern Britain and modern Germany.
Email:  mailto: alees@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6071
Web: https://alees.rutgers.edu/

Kris Lindenmeyer

Kriste Lindenmeyer

Title/Rank: University Professor
Education: B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1985; M.A., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1987, 1991.
Areas of Special Interest: Women and gender; Childhood studies; U.S. social history, and the history of public policy, diversity, and childhood and youth.
Email: kl436@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2716
Web: https://lindenmeyer.rutgers.edu/

Philip Scranton

Philip B. Scranton

Title/Rank: Board of Governors Professor of History
Education: 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.
Email: mailto: scranton@rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2713
Web: https://history.camden.rutgers.edu/about/faculty/philip-scranton/

Gerald Verbrugghe

Gerald Verbrugghe

Title/Rank: Emeritus Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., Loyola, 1967; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 1969, 1971.
Areas of Special Interest: Ancient history; Archaeology.
Email: verbrugg@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6075
Web: https://history.camden.rutgers.edu/about/faculty/gerald-verbrugghe/

 Allen Woll

Allen L. Woll

Associate Dean for Program Development and Special Projects
Title/Rank: Emeritus Professor of History
Education: B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1971, 1975.
Areas of Special Interest: Documentary film; American popular culture; Film history; Latin American history.
Email: awoll@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-2711
Web: https://crab.rutgers.edu/%7Eawoll/

 Staff

Sharon A. Smith
Administrative Coordinator

Email: sas548@camden.rutgers.edu
Phone: (856) 225-6080

 

What areas of history do history department professors cover?

  • U.S. – Boyd, Epstein, Mires, Shankman, Thomas, Woloson
  • Western Europe and Britain – Epstein, Marker, Mokhberi, Shankman
  • Latin America and the Caribbean – Thomas
  • East Asia – Kapur
  • Ancient history – Jewell, Kapur
  • World history – Kapur, Marker, Mokhberi, Thomas
  • Gender and women’s history – Boyd, Jewell, Mokhberi
  • Race and ethnicity – Boyd, Marker, Mokhberi, Thomas
  • Social, intellectual, and cultural history – Boyd, Kapur, Mires, Marker, Mokhberi, Woloson
  • Business and economics – Boyd, Epstein, Kapur, Shankman, Woloson
  • Science and technology – Epstein
  • Environmental history – Kapur
  • Public history – Woloson, Boyd