Specialists

 

This is the IEHS list of specialists in areas related to immigration and ethnicity, principally involving North America. We will be regularly expanding this list as we receive more entries. If you are interested in being included please send your name, affiliation (if  you have one), mailing address, telephone number (optional), email address, and your areas of specialization or principal interests To: Ronald Bayor at ronald.bayor@hts.gatech.edu

   

Austin, Alan W., Assistant Professor of History, College Misericordia. Japanese Americans and immigration. 570-674-6793. aaustin@misericordia.edu

Baltensperger, Brad, Chair, Dept of Education, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI  49931. German emigration, Great Plains settlement, ethnic agriculture. 906-487-2460; 906-487-2468. brad@mtu.edu

Barkan, Elliott Robert, Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407. Immigration and race relations, particularly 20th century to present; race and ethnicity in comparative perspective; immigration into the American West; immigration and public opinion.. 909-880-5525; ebarkan@csusb.edu

Bauman, Mark K., Editor, Southern Jewish History, 2517 Hartford Dr., Ellenwood, GA 30294. American Jewish history, especially Southern Jewish history. markbauman@aol.com

Bayor, Ronald H. Professor of History and founding editor of the JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ETHNIC HISTORY, school of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Tech., 685 Cherry St., Atlanta, GA 30332. Race and ethnicity in the United States; ethnic and race relations in the U.S.; Southern race relations; ethnic politics. Ronald.bayor@hts.gatech.edu

Beck, Scott A. L., Instructor, Department of Early Childhood Education and Reading, College of Education, Georgia Southern University, Box 8083, Statesboro, GA 30460. Mexican immigrant and Mexican American migrant education in the rural South. 912-681-0354 (o); 912-681-0885 (fax). sbeck@arches.uga.edu

Ben-Ur, Aviva, Assistant Prof of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts, Herter Hall, Box 33935, Amherst, MA  01003-3935. Sephardic immigration history in the United States and Suriname; Black/Jewish relations in Suriname; Hispanic/Sephardic inter-ethnic relations in the U.S. aben-ur@judnea.umass.edu

Binder, Frederick, M. Emeritus Professor of History, College of Staten Island, CUNY. Mailing address: 880 Eastlawn Dr., Teaneck, NJ. U. S. Early National Period; social history; ethnic and racial history; history of education. FMBinder@aol.com

Blewett, Mary H., Emeritus Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 28 Wannalancit St., Lowell, MA 01854-3226. Nineteenth and early-twentieth-century English immigrants from Yorkshire and Lancashire to the American industrial Northeast: class, gender, ethnicity, politics, transnationalism, sexuality, and representations in ethnic fiction. 978-453-4837. Mary_Blewett@uml.edu

Brundage, David, Community Studies Dept, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Irish immigrants in the U.S.; Irish nationalism; immigrants and the U.S. Labor movement. brundage@cats.ucsc.edu

Bukowczyk, John J. Professor of History, 3094 Faculty/Administration Bldg, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  48202. Polish immigrants in the U.S.; race and ethnic relations; comparative perspectives on nationality and identity; ethnic public policy and cultural issues. bukowczyk@wayne.edu

Chung, Sue Fawn, Assoc. Prof of History & member of Board of Advisers and Diversity Council, National Trusts for Historic Preservation (Nevada), University of Nevada, Las Vegas Box 455020, Las Vegas, 89154-5020. Chinese American history. 702-895-3351; fax: 895-1782. chung@unlv.edu

Cohen, Deborah, History Dept., Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075. Mid-20th century Mexican immigration and race, ethnicity, and gender. dcohen@mtholyoke.edu

Daniels, Roger. Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0373. Asian Americans and immigration policy. Roger.daniels@uc.edu

Dufoix, Stéphane, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Paris-X Nanterre, 200 Avenue de la République, 92001 Nanterre cedex, France. Exile politics and the concept of diaspora in the social sciences. 33-1-39-95-44-21. stephane.dufoix@wanadoo.fr

Foner, Nancy, Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, Purchase, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY 10577. Immigration to New York, 1880-1920 and contemporary; West Indian migration to the U.S. and Britain; Race and ethnicity; gender; transnationalism; family patterns; work; second generation. Nancy.foner@purchase.edu

Fonseca, James W., Professor of Geography and Dean, Ohio University, Zanesville, OH.  Portuguese Americans in New Englandwww.zanesville.ohiou.edu/geoslides . 740-588-1434fonseca@ohio.edu  

Ford, Nancy Gentile, Professor of History, Bloomsburg University, Bloomburg, PA. War and ethnicity.  570-389-4164 ford@bloomu.edu

Garcia, Jerry. Assistant Professor and Director of Latino/a Studies Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Latin American history; Latinos; immigration; modern East Asia (China and Japan). aztlan@iastate.edu

Gatlin, Rochelle, City College of San Francisco; mailing address: 3659 20th St., San Francisco, CA 94110. Course development: Immigrants in American History, comparative ethnicity since colonial period. rgatlin@pacbell.net

Gerstle, Gary. Dept of History, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7315. Mailing address: 3 Evelyn Place, Princeton, NJ 08540.  Immigration and ethnicity in the twentieth-century, race and ethnicity, assimilation, diversity and multiculturalism, immigrant labor and radicalism.  gg74@umail.umd.edu

Gleason, Philip. Professor Emeritus, Dept of History, University of Notre Dame. Mailing address: 2501 Central St., Apt 2C, Evanston, IL 60201. American ethnicity and acculturation and American Catholicism. Gleason.2@nd.edu

Granquist, Mark. Asst Prof, Religion Dept. Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College, St. Peter, MN 56082. Scandinavian and Baltic immigration; religious aspects of immigration. 507-933-6163. mgranqui@gac.edu

Grace, Robert J., Départment d'histoire, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4. Irish immigration/settlement 19th century; Quebec-Canada; historical demography; 19th century Quebec City. 418-527-7443. robert.grace@sympatico.ca

Greenberg, Cheryl, Professor of History, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT  06106. African American history; race and ethnicity in the U.S.; U.S. race relations. 860-297-2371. Cheryl.Greenberg@trincoll.edu

Greene, Victor, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-0413. Ethnicity in America and the popular arts. vicgre@uwm.edu

Gustafson, Anita, Associate Prof. of History and Chair of the Department, Presbyterian College, 503 South Broad St., Clinton, SC  29325. Swedish immigration history and American ethnic history, various periods. aogustaf@mail.presby.edu

Hahamovitch, Cindy, Associate Prof. of History, Lyon G. Tyler Dept. of History, College of William & Mary, Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795. International migration, guestworkers, Caribbean migration to the U.S. since 1943. 757-221-3770; cxhaha@wm.edu

Hernández, José Angel, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Chicago. Home: 6055 S. Drexel Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60637. Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a, Latin American, and Latino history, the Borderlands, Subaltern Studies, and immigration/migration/and emigration in Mexico in the 19th Century. 773-667-1724. jose@uchicago.edu

Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University, HGS 233, 320 York St., New Haven, CT  06520. U.S. immigration, 1880-present; race, ethnicity, and U.S. political culture; diaspora studies; and immigrant nationalisms. Matthew. Jacobson@yale.edu

Kelleher, Patricia. Dept of History, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA  19530. Irish immigrants and Irish ethnicity in North America; gender and ethnicity; class and ethnicity. 610-683-4392; Kelleher@kutztown.edu

Kraut, Alan M. Professor of History, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC  20016. Nineteenth and twentieth century immigration and ethnic history; nativism and public health; ethnicity and medicine, including ethnic and religious hospitals in the U.S.; Jewish immigration history; holocaust refugee policy; and the history of Ellis Island. akraut@american.edu

Kuhlmann, Annette, Department of Anthropology/Sociology, University of Wisconsin Baraboo, Baraboo, WI 53913. Native American issues, German immigration. akuhlman@uwc.edu

Lindemann, Barbara. Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, Santa Barbara City College, 721 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. The immigrant experience. lindeman@sbcc.net

McKiernan-Gonzalez, John, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of South Florida. Social and cultural history of medicine, Latino and Borderland Studies, U.S. West history, Mexican history, racial formation, legal history, nationalism and transnationalism, New South, immigration history. 813-974-3249 (o); 813-974-6228 (fax). tulua@chumal.cas.usf.edu

McLaughlin, Virginia, Professor of History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; 61 Jane St., 7J, New York, NY 10014. Italian immigration; women immigrants; Ellis Island; family history. vyans@aol.com

Metters, Meagan, PhD Candidate, European University, History and Civilization, Villa, Schifanoia, via Bocaccio 121, Florence 50133 Italy. (39) 055-386-0107. meganmetters@gmail.com.  Immigrant education in Europe & US, specialty France and Italy, comparative history, race, ethnicity and multiculturalism

Miller, Debbie, Research Supervisor, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Blvd. West, St. Paul, MN  55102. Immigration and ethnicity in Minnesota; Norwegian-American history. 651-297-4464Debbie.miller@mmhs.org

Mulhern, Brian, Librarian, State Law Library, 25 Constitution Ave., St. Paul, MN  55155. Norwegian and Jewish immigration; theories of ethnicity; social and cultural history; American studies. 651-297-2080. brian.mulhern@courts.state.mn.us  or mulhe001@tc.umn.edu 

Nugent, Walter, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Notre Dame. Mailing address: 1080 Mission Hills, Chesterton, IN 46304. Transatlantic migration, 1870-1920 and migration to the American West. Walter.Nugent.1@nd.edu  

Pedraza, Silvia, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Sociology of immigration, race, and ethnicity in America and the sociology of Cubas revolution and the Cuban exodus. spedraza@umich.edu

Printz, Charles F., Deputy Director, South and Southeast Asia Specialist, Law Office of Philip H. Teplen, P.L.L.C., 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5508, New York, N.Y. 10118-5589. Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and Advisor to the Lao Veterans of America and Montagnard Human Rights Organizations (U.S.): Movement for patriation  of Vietnamese Amerasians and relocation of Indochinese ethnic minorities from Vietnam Highlands (Montagnards) and  from Laos (Hmong) to the U.S. cprintz@phtlawyers.com ; cfphrai@bellatlantic.net

Richards, Penny L., Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of women. Mid-19th century Scottish immigration to America; disability, families, and immigration. Turley2@earthlink.net

Rodriguez, Marc S., Assistant Professor, Department of History, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.  (609) 258-7310; fax (609) 258-5326.  Mexican-American/Chicano social history, U.S. Southwest, Race and ethnicity, Labor law, Mexican-American agricultural unions, Mexican-American/Chicano civil rights movements.  msrodrig@princeton.edu

Rose, Mark H. Department of History, Florida Atlantic University, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314. 954-236-1112. The intersection of technology, cities, and public policy. mrose@fau.edu 

Sarna, Jonathan, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02454. 781-736-2977. American Jewish history, American Judaism, Jews in the Americassarna@brandeis.edu 

Scarpaci, Vincenza, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Mailing address: 1090 Corydon St., Eugene, OR  97401. Italian immigration to the U.S.  scarpaci@oregon.uoregon.edu

Schneider, Dorothee, Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois. German immigration to the United States. German emigration; immigration and organized labor in the United States, immigration and naturalization law. 326 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, IL 61801. Tel. (217) 337 6073. schndr@uiuc.edu

Singh, Jaideep, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept of History, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH  44074-1095. South Asian diaspora; Asian American history; racialized space in contemporary American society; intersections of white and Christian supremacy; race relations and racial violence in the U.S.  Singhplant@aol.com

Sobh, Aisha, Ph.D. candidate, Dept of History, University of Illinois, 309 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801. History of Muslims in the U.S.; Middle Eastern, Southwest and southeast Asian and African Muslim immigrants; establishment of Muslim communities, family and gender dynamics, Islamic practice and interpretation. 217-244-2075 (o); 217-333-2297 (fax). asobh@uiuc.edu

Soyer, Daniel, Professor of History, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Rd, Bronx, N.Y.  10458. 718-817-4527. American Jewish (especially East European) history; Yiddish language; landsmanshaftn; Jews and the Left; immigrant organizations; travel to old countries; and immigrant autobiographies. soyer@fordham.edu

Sterne, Evelyn, Assistant Professor of History, University of Rhode Island, 113 Washburn Hall, Kingston, RI 02881. Ethnic politics, religion, Irish, Italians, and French Canadians. 401-874-4074 (o); 401-874-2595 (fax). sterne@uri.edu

Vecchio, Diane, Professor of History, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC 29613-0444. 864-294-2065. Immigration; Italian immigration; womens history. Diane.vecchio@furman.edu   

Vought, Hans P., Associate Professor of History, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY-Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY, 12484. 845-688-1594. Immigration Policy, Gilded Age & Progressive Era. voughth@sunyulster.edu

Washington, Sylvia Hood, Visiting Scholar, Dept. of History, Northwestern University.  Nineteenth and twentieth century immigration and migration history; environmental racism and related topics; African diaspora and African American history; environmental racism and industrical development, and AIDS in relation to migration and immigration.  washington@northwestern.edu

Wucker, Michele, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New School University, 9th Floor, 66 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011. Dominican and Haitian immigration, civic participation in sending and receiving nations, and white Americans responses to immigrants. 212-229-5808; Michele@wucker.com

Wyman, Mark, Professor of History, Illinois State University, 807 N. School St., Normal, IL 61761-1328. Return migration and post-World War II displaced persons. wdwyman@ilstu.edu

Yox, Andrew. Prof. of Hist., Northeast Texas Community College, Box 1307, Mount Pleasant, TX 75456. German-American history; history of Buffalo, NY. 903-572-1911, ext 304. ayox@ntcc.cc.tx.us

 Zeidel, Robert, Social Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout,  Menomonie, WI 54751. History of American Immigration Policy and American Nativism. (715) 232-2406 (w); (651) 436-3074 (h). zeidelr@uwstout.edu

 

 

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