History Department Faculty
Department Secretary
Patricia Lerner
224 Warner Hall
(203) 837-8484
email: lernerp@wcsu.edu
Full-time Faculty
Katherine Allocco
(Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2004)
Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Gender and Sexuality, Film
215 Warner Hall
(203) 837-8482
alloccok@wcsu.edu
Jennifer Nugent Duffy
(Ph.D., New York University, 2008)
Modern U.S., Ethnicity, Urban and Suburban History, Irish-American History
202 Warner Hall
(203) 837-3283
duffyj@wcsu.edu
Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox (Graduate Coordinator)
(Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002)
Asia (especially Vietnam and China), Historiography, Intellectual History
221 Warner Hall
(203) 837-8565
wilcoxw@wcsu.edu
(Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1999; J.D. University of Texas School of Law, 1990)
American Revolution/Early Republic/Constitutional
222 Warner Hall
(203) 837-8455
gutzmank@wcsu.edu
Leslie Lindenauer
(Ph.D., NYU, 1997)
Early America, Women, History of the Body, Public History, History of Religion
218 Warner Hall
Phone: (203) 837-9046
lindenauerl@wcsu.edu
Martha (Marcy) May (Co-Chair)
(Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton, 1984)
Modern United States, Women and Gender
220 Warner Hall
Phone: (203) 837-8481
maym@wcsu.edu
Michael E. Nolan
(Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2001)
Modern France and Germany
223 Warner Hall
Phone: (203) 837-8483
nolanm@wcsu.edu
Joshua M. Rosenthal (Co-Chair)
(Ph.D., Columbia University, 2001)
Latin America (especially Colombia)
216 Warner Hall
Phone: (203) 837-8449
rosenthalj@wcsu.edu
Abubaker Saad
(Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1987)
Middle East/Non-Western Cultures
219 Warner Hall
Phone: (203) 837-8480
saada@wcsu.edu
Faculty Emeriti
Faculty Emeriti can be reached by contacting the department office at (203) 837-8484.
David Detzer
(PhD, University of Connecticut, 1970)
United States
Herbert Janick
(Ph.D., Fordham, 1968)
Urban, Material Culture, Architecture, Connecticut
George Linabury
(Ph.D., Columbia, 1970)
Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Kenneth Young
(Ph.D., NYU, 1970)
Burma, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Diplomacy, US Foreign Relations
Part-time Faculty
All part-time faculty members can be reached at: (203) 837-8484. See the Department Secretary for office locations.
Amy A. Campanaro
(MA, Albany, 2002)
United States
campanaroa@wcsu.edu
George Coleman
(MS, Teacher’s College, Columbia, 1977)
African-American
colemang@wcsu.edu
Shannon Doherty
(MA, Western Connecticut, 2003)
United States, Modern Europe
dohertys@wcsu.edu
Stephen T. Flanagan
(MA, Western Connecticut, 1984; MA St. John’s NY, 1996)
United States
flanagans@wcsu.edu
Gregory Jackson
(PhD, Stony Brook University, 2013)
Latin America, United States, Europe as well as the history of sport.
jacksong@wcsu.edu
Maryann Rossi
(PhD, St. Louis, 1983; Assistant Dean of Professional Studies)
Early US, material culture, historic preservation
rossim@wcsu.edu
Peter Vermilyea
(BA, Gettysburg College; MA, WCSU; CAGS, Southern Connecticut State)
Courses Taught: American Perspectives, US History
Interests and Community Activities: American Military History, The Battle of Gettysburg, Running, Kayaking, Guitar, Baseball
pvermily@yahoo.com
Susann M. Walens
(PhD, Union Institute, 1994)
United States, criminology, oral history
walenss@wcsu.edu