Faculty
Choi Chatterjee, Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
Field: Modern Europe, Russia & Soviet Union
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/dr-choi-chatterjee
Timothy Doran, Professor
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley
Field: Ancient Greek and Roman History
Fall 2025 Office Hours: TBA; Zoom office hours are possible
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/dr-timothy-doran-professor-history
Christopher Endy, Professor and Chair
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Field: Modern U.S., International Relations, Globalization
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4076A - (323) 343-2046
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/christopher-endy
Eileen Ford, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/eileen-ford
Kittiya Lee, Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Field: Colonial Latin America, Brazil
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4033 - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/kittiya-lee
Afshin Matin, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Middle East, Religious Studies
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH A4026 - (323) 343-2025
Email: [email protected]
Enrique Ochoa, Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4077A
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/enrique-c-ochoa
Birte Pfleger, Professor
Ph.D. UC Irvine
Field: Colonial British North America, Early Republic, Ethnicity
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Web: /faculty/birte-pfleger
Sara Pugach, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern Africa, South Africa, Germany
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/sara-pugach-professor
Travis Shutz, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Binghamton University (SUNY)
Field: Early Modern Maritime Asia
Fall 2025 Office Hours: In-person Tuesdays 3:15-4:15 PM; Online Thursdays 6:00-7:00 PM, Zoom Meeting ID 894 2669 1975, passcode: HISTORY
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]
Angela Vergara, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern Latin America, Labor Studies, Chile
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:20 PM (in person) and Friday 11 AM-12 PM (online). Extra office hours available online by appointment.
Office: KH B4021
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/ángela-vergara
Scott Wells, Professor (retired)
Ph.D. New York University
Field: Medieval Europe, Early Modern World, Religious Studies
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/scott-wells
Mark Wild, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern U.S., Urban Studies
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/mark-wild-professor
Ping Yao, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Field: Asia, China, Women's & Gender History
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/ping-yao
Lamont Yeakey, Associate Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern U.S., Civil Rights, Political Movements
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00am-12:00pm and by appointment.
Office: KH A4027 - (323) 343-2026
Email: [email protected]
Lecturers
Thomas Alvarez, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity, Politics
Fall 2025 Office Hours: TBD
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]
Gregory Beirich, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Medieval Europe, U.S. and World History
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Judy Corey, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: California, U.S. West, Women's & Gender History
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: Canvas Online
Email: [email protected]
Dawn Dennis, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
John Donovan, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: 20th-century U.S., Diplomatic History, History of Religion
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
Franz Metcalf, Lecturer (retired)
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
Jorge Muñoz, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Fall 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: Online
Email: [email protected]
Timothy Paynich, Lecturer
Field: Russia, Europe, World History
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Emeritus
Francisco Balderrama, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern U.S.; American West; Chicano Studies
Email: [email protected]
Stanley Burstein, Professor Emeritus
Field: Ancient World; Hellenistic Greece; Africa
Email: [email protected]
Daniel Crecelius, Professor Emeritus
Field: Near East; Islamic History
Email: [email protected]
Timothy F. Harding, Professor Emeritus
Field: Latin America; Brazil; Cuba
Email: [email protected]
Yuen-Sang Leung, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern China; Chinese Immigration; U.S.-Chinese Relations
Email: [email protected]
Carole Srole, Professor Emirata
Field: Modern U.S., Labor History, Gender & Women's History
Email: [email protected]
Lilian Taiz, Professor Emirata, and CFA Board of Director
Field: U.S. Social & Cultural History
Email: [email protected]
Staff
Melody Singleton, Department Coordinator
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]
Jocelyne Martinez, Administrative Support Assistant
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]