The University of Houston Department of History offers outstanding educational opportunities for students in traditional geographic fields. The department also emphasizes topical areas that allow its members to reach across political boundaries and explore common themes. Thus, all faculty members teach and conduct research in the following fields.
Geographic Fields
European History
- Decker, Hannah: Germany, Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry
- Fishman, Sarah: France, Family
- Holt, Frank: Ancient European History
- Ittmann, Karl: British Empire, Modern Britain
- Palmer, Robert: Medieval, Law
- Patterson, Catherine: Early Modern Britain, Urban
- Stone, Bailey: France, Revolution
- Vaughn, Sally: Medieval: Church and State, Diplomacy, Women, Education
- Zaretsky, Robert: France, religion, politics, regional identity, and the Enlightenment
Latin American /Mexican History
- Hart, John: Mexico, Revolution
- Howard, Philip: Caribbean, Cuba
- Kellogg, Susan: Colonial Period, Ethnohistory
- Milanesio, Natalia: Modern Latin America, Argentina
- O'Brien, Thomas: Latin America National Period
African and Chinese History
- Cong, Xiaoping: Asia, China
- Klieman, Kairn: Africa
United States History
- Brosnan, Kathleen: West, Environment, Urban, Law
- Buzzanco, Robert: Diplomatic, Vietnam
- Clavin, Matthew
- Deyle, Steven: 19th c. U.S., Slavery
- Horne, Gerald: African and Afro-American Studies
- Martin, James: American Colonial, Revolution
- Melosi, Martin: Environment, Public
- Palmer, Robert: U.S. Legal History
- Perales, Monica: Chicana/o, Environment, Labor
- Pratt, Joseph: Business, Energy
- Ramos, Raul: Chicano/a, Texan Mexican
- Reed, Linda: African American, Southern, Women
- Romero,Todd :Colonial America, Native American History
- San Miguel, Guadalupe: Mexican American, Education
- Schafer, James: United States, Medicine, Health Care
- Storrs, Landon: 20th Century, Women
- Tillery, Tyrone: African American, Civil Rights
- Walther,Eric: Old South, Slavery
- Young, Nancy : 20th Century U.S.; Political
Topical Fields
Energy, Environment, and Urban Development
- Brosnan, Kathleen: West, Environment, Urban, Law
- Horne, Gerald : African and Afro-American Studies
- Ittmann, Karl: British Empire, Modern Britain
- Klieman, Kairn: Pre-colonial Africa, Oil
- Melosi, Martin: Environment, Public
- Patterson, Catherine: Early Modern Britain, Urban
- Perales, Monica: Chicana/o, Environment, Labor
- Pratt, Joseph: Business, Energy
Ethnicity and Race
- Deyle, Steven: 19th c. U.S., Slavery
- Goldberg, Mark
- Horne, Gerald: African and Afro-American Studies
- Howard, Philip: Caribbean, Cuba
- Klieman, Kairn: Pre-colonial Africa, Oil
- Perales, Monica: Chicana/o, Environment, Labo
- Ramos, Raul: Chicano/a, Texan Mexican
- Reed, Linda: African American, Southern, Women
- Romero, Todd: Colonial America, Native American History
- San Miguel, Guadalupe: Mexican American, Education
- Tillery, Tyrone: African American, Civil Rights
- Walther, Eric: Old South, Slavery
Gender, Women, and Family
- Cong, Xiaoping: Modern, Chinese
- Fishman, Sarah: France, Family
- Horne, Gerald : African and Afro-American Studies
- Ittmann, Karl: British Empire, Modern Britain
- Kellogg, Susan: Colonial Period, Ethnohistory
- Milanesio, Natalia: Modern Latin America, Argentina
- Perales, Monica: Chicana/o, Environment, Labor
- Reed, Linda: African American, Southern, Women
- Romero, Todd: Colonial America, Native American History
- Storrs, Landon : 20th Century, Women
- Vaughn, Sally: Medieval: Church and State, Diplomacy, Women, Education
- Young, Nancy: Beck 20th Century U.S.; Political
War, Revolution, and Diplomacy
- Buzzanco, Robert: Diplomatic, Vietnam
- Clavin, Matthew
- Hart, John: Mexico, Revolution
- Holt, Frank: Ancient European History
- Horne, Gerald: African and Afro-American Studies
- Howard, Philip: Caribbean, Cuba
- Martin, James: American Colonial, Revolution
- Melosi, Martin: Environment, Public
- O'Brien, Thomas: Latin America National Period
- Patterson, Catherine: Early Modern Britain, Urban
- Stone, Bailey: France, Revolution
- Vaughn, Sally: Medieval: Church and State, Diplomacy, Women, Education
- Walther, Eric: Old South, Slavery
- Young, Nancy: Beck 20th Century U.S.; Political
Medicine and Technology
- Achenbaum, Andrew: History of Aging
- Decker, Hannah: Germany, Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry
- Goldberg, Mark
- Martin, James: American Colonial, Revolution
- Melosi, Martin: Environment, Public
- Schafer, James: United States, Medicine, Health Care
- Vallier, Helen: Medicine and Society
Other Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
- Suleyman Demirci - dsuleyman@uh.edu
- William Kellar - wkellar@uh.edu
- Diana Velez - dvelez@uh.edu
- Marshall Schott - mschott@uh.edu
- Tyler Priest - tpriest@uh.edu
- Dina Al-Sowayel - dina@chasecom.net
Adjunct Faculty
- John Moretta - mateoreci@aol.com
- Thomas Behr - thomasbehr@earthlink.net
- James Patterson - (713) 743-3008
- Scott Murray - scmurr@yahoo.com
- Kelly Hopkins - kyhopkins@uh.edu
Emeriti
- Lawrence Curry - lcurry@uh.edu
- Stanley Siegel
