Faculty
Choi Chatterjee, Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
Field: Modern Europe, Russia & Soviet Union
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: TBA in A4025 or by appointment
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/dr-timothy-doran-associate-professor-history
Christopher Endy, Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Field: Modern U.S., International Relations, Globalization
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:00-3:30pm & 5:00pm-5:55pm (In-person or via zoom, no appointment needed)
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 12:00pm-1:30pm; Thursdays, 3:00pm-3:45pm (In-person, via Zoom & by appointment)
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:00pm-4:00pm (by appointment only); Wednesdays, 8:45pm-9:00pm (by appointment only)
Office: KH C4033 - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/kittiya-lee
Afshin Matin, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Middle East, Religious Studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH A4026 - (323) 343-2025
Email: [email protected]
Enrique Ochoa, Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00am-12:00pm (by appointment); Wednesday 4:00pm-6:00pm (by appointment)
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Tuesdays, 4:30pm-5:30pm (In-person, & by appointment via Zoom)
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Web: /faculty/birte-pfleger
Sara Pugach, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern Africa, South Africa, Germany
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:30am-12:00pm & by appointment
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tuesday, 6:00pm-7:00pm (Online); Thursday, 4:30pm-5:30pm (In-person)
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: [email protected]
Angela Vergara, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern Latin America, Labor Studies, Chile
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Monday, 2:30pm-4:00pm (In-person); Friday, 11:00am-12:00pm (online & by appointment)
Office: KH B4021
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/ángela-vergara
Scott Wells, Professor and Chair
Ph.D. New York University
Field: Medieval Europe, Early Modern World, Religious Studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4066 - (323) 343-2020
Email: [email protected]
Web: /faculty/scott-wells
Mark Wild, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern U.S., Urban Studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Monday, 1:30pm-2:30pm (or by appointment)
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Monday, 2:00pm-3:00pm & by appointment via Zoom
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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00am-12:00pm; 3:30pm-4:00pm; 6:00pm-6:30pm
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
Spring 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
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Thursdays, 10:00am-11:00am (on Zoom via Canvas), & by appointment
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Judy Corey, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: California, U.S. West, Women's & Gender History
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH D1059 - (323) 343-2042
Email: [email protected]
Dawn Dennis, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30pm-1:30pm (in-office), Zoom on occasion
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
John Donovan, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: 20th-century U.S., Diplomatic History, History of Religion
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:30am-12:00pm or by appointment
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
Franz Metcalf, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30pm-1:40pm
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
Jorge Muñoz, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: [email protected]
Timothy Paynich, Lecturer
Field: Russia, Europe, World History
Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:00pm-1:00pm; Thursdays, 1:00pm-2:00pm (via Zoom)
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: [email protected]
Emeritus
Francisco Balderrama, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern U.S.; American West; Chicano Studies
Office: KH C3059 - (323) 343-2987
Email: [email protected]
Stanley Burstein, Professor Emeritus
Field: Ancient World; Hellenistic Greece; Africa
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
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
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
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]