Faculty and Staff

Joseph Hodge, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Associate Professor

304-293-9327

Joseph.Hodge@mail.wvu.edu

Katherine Aaslestad, Ph.D.

Professor

304-293-9300

Katherine.Aaslestad@mail.wvu.edu

Joshua Arthurs, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

304-293-9303

Joshua.Arthurs@mail.wvu.edu

Melissa Bingmann, Ph.D.

Director of Public History, Associate Professor

304-293-9304

Melissa.Bingmann@mail.wvu.edu

Robert Blobaum, Ph.D.

Eberly Professor

304-293-9305

Robert.Blobaum@mail.wvu.edu

Jenny Boulware

Teaching Instructor

304-293-9331

Jenny.Boulware@mail.wvu.edu

Tyler Boulware, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

304-293-9306

Tyler.Boulware@mail.wvu.edu

William I. Brustein

VICE PRESIDENT FOR GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EBERLY FAMILY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF HISTORY

304 293-6955

William.Brustein@mail.wvu.edu

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Ph.D.

Professor

304-293-9307

Elizabeth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

Ken Fones-Wolf, Ph.D.

Professor, Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair

304.293.9308

Kenneth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu

Krystal Frazier, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of Africana Studies Program

304-293-9309

krystal.frazier@mail.wvu.edu

William Hal Gorby, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Advising

304-293-9428

William.Gorby@mail.wvu.edu

Macabe Keliher, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History

(304) 293-9407

macabe.keliher@mail.wvu.edu 

Brian Luskey, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor

Brian.Luskey@mail.wvu.edu

Robert Maxon, Ph.D.

Professor

304-293-9329

Robert.Maxon@mail.wvu.edu

Tamba M’bayo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

304-293-6198

tembayo@mail.wvu.edu

Jason Phillips, Ph.D.

Eberly Professor of Civil War Studies

304-293-9406

Jason.Phillips@mail.wvu.edu

James Siekmeier, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of FACDIS

304-293-9408

James.Siekmeier@mail.wvu.edu

Devin Smart, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

devin.smart@mail.wvu.edu

Kate Kelsey Staples, Ph.D.

Associate Department Chair, Associate Professor

304-293-9409

Kate.Staples@mail.wvu.edu

Michele McArdle Stephens, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Guest Researcher (2017) MPI

304-293-6917

michele.stephens@mail.wvu.edu

Mark B. Tauger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

304-293-9410

mtauger@wvu.edu

Matthew Vester, Ph.D.

Professor

304-293-9411

Matt.Vester@mail.wvu.edu