Faculty and Staff
Who to Contact
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The departmental chair is the principal administrative officer of the department. She or he is responsible for chairing departmental meetings and carrying out its decisions in regard to academic policy and other matters. The chair conveys departmental recommendations to the dean of Arts, and represents the department in other forums within the university. Serious academic problems or complaints should be referred to the departmental chair who will endeavour to resolve the difficulty or offer advice on how the matter can best be dealt with. The departmental chair is currently Darren Mulloy (office: DAWB 4-135A; extension: 3593; email: dmulloy@wlu.ca).
The undergraduate program coordinator is a faculty member appointed to help students with course selection and program requirements. The undergraduate program coordinator is currently Amy Milne-Smith (office: DAWB 4-140; extension: 4254; email: historyadvising@wlu.ca).
The graduate officer is a faculty member within the History department who is appointed to manage the graduate program. Senior students interested in graduate studies in History might find it useful to consult the graduate officer about programs and scholarships available. The graduate officer is currently Susan Neylan (office: DAWB 4-150; extension 3595; email: sneylan@wlu.ca).
Our official means of communication is with your Laurier email account. Students are expected to regularly check their Laurier email account for important notices from the university community. Students are also expected to send emails to official members of the university community from their Laurier email account in order to ensure delivery. Emails sent from non-Laurier accounts, such as Hotmail, may be identified as spam and not delivered. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Administrative Staff
Heather Vogel
Senior Administrative Assistant
Professors
Gavin Brockett
Associate Professor, Middle East and Turkey
Blaine Chiasson
Associate Professor, Modern China, Sino-Russian Relations
Cynthia Comacchio
Professor, Canadian Gender, Family, Class and Health
Adam Crerar
Associate Professor, Rural Ontario, 20th-Century Canada
Darryl Dee
Associate Professor, Early Modern France and Europe
Karljürgen Feuerherm
Associate Professor, Ancient Near East and Egypt
Judith Fletcher
Professor, Classical Greek Literature, Gender and Law
Leonard Friesen
Professor, Imperial Russia, Soviet Union, International Relations
Jeff Grischow
Associate Professor, Africa, Comparative Development Studies
Associate Director, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa
Mark Humphries
Associate Professor, Canadian Social, Military and Medical History
Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience
Director, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Amy Milne-Smith
Associate Professor, Victorian Britain, Culture and Mental Illness
Undergraduate Officer
David Monod
Professor, American Social and Cultural History
Darren Mulloy
Professor, Post-1945 American History
Chair, Department of History
Susan Neylan
Associate Professor
Graduate Officer
Chris L. Nighman
Associate Professor, Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Coordinator, Medieval Studies Program
Eva Plach
Associate Professor, Modern Europe, Poland
Roger Sarty
Professor, Naval and Military, Canadian History
Michael Sibalis
Professor, Modern Europe and France
David Smith
Associate Professor, Anglo-Atlantic World, Law and Business
Kevin A. Spooner
Associate Professor, North American Studies
Dana Elizabeth Weiner
Associate Professor, Early America, Women and African American
Suzanne Zeller
Professor, Canadian, Science and Environment
Instructors
Michael Bechtold
Instructor
Gregory Liedtke
Instructor
David Lipovitch
Instructor
Alicia McKenzie
Instructor
Ian Muller
Instructor
Debra Nash-Chambers
Instructor
Professor Emeriti
Terry Copp
Professor Emeritus, Military History
Barry Gough
Professor Emeritus
Erich Haberer
Professor Emeritus, Germany, the Third Reich and the Holocaust
John Laband
Professor, African Military
Doug Lorimer
Professor Emeritus
Joyce Lorimer
Professor Emeritus