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 David Smith (office: DAWB 4-135A; telephone: 548.889.5047; email: dasmith@wlu.ca).
The undergraduate officer is a faculty member appointed to help students with course selection and program requirements. The undergraduate program coordinator is currently Dana Weiner (office: DAWB 4-153; telephone: 548.889.5043; 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 Blaine Chiasson (office: DAWB 4-138; telephone: 548.889.5041; email: bchiasson@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
Office Administration Coordinator
Professors
Gavin Brockett
Associate Professor, Middle East and Turkey
Blaine Chiasson
Associate Professor, Modern China, Sino-Russian Relations
Graduate Officer
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
Professor, Canadian Social, Military and Medical History
Lianne Leddy
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada
Indigenous history in Canada, Indigenous peoples and the environment, Gender and Indigenous peoples
Amy Milne-Smith
Professor, Victorian Britain, Culture and Mental Illness
David Monod
Professor, American Social and Cultural History
Darren Mulloy
Professor, Post-1945 American History
Susan Neylan
Associate Professor, Canadian history and Indigenous-Settler relations
Chris L. Nighman
Professor, Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Coordinator, Medieval Studies Program
Eva Plach
Associate Professor, Modern Europe, Poland
David Smith
Associate Professor, Anglo-Atlantic World, Law and Business
Chair, Department of History
Kevin A. Spooner
Associate Professor, North American Studies
Director, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada
Dana Elizabeth Weiner
Associate Professor, Early America amd U.S. to 1880, African American, Gender, Race
Undergraduate Officer
Instructors
Rebecca Beausaert
Instructor
Michael Bechthold
Instructor
Joseph Buscemi
Instructor
Kess Carpenter
Instructor
Marc-Andre Gagnon
Instructor
David Lipovitch
Instructor
Richard Nixon
Instructor
David Olivier
Instructor
Johannes Remy
Instructor
Matthew Robertshaw
Instructor
Sarah Summers
Instructor
Professor Emeriti
Cynthia Comacchio
Professor, Canadian Gender, Family, Class and Health
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
Roger Sarty
Professor, Naval and Military, Canadian History
Suzanne Zeller
Professor, Canadian, Science and Environment