History Faculty

Ellen R. Boucher

Ellen R. Boucher

Associate Professor of History

413-542-5466 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 310
Stefan Bradley

Stefan Bradley

Charles Hamilton Houston '15 Professor of Black Studies and History

413-542-5461 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Cooper House Room 104
Francis G. Couvares

Francis G. Couvares

E. Dwight Salmon Professor of History and American Studies

413-542-2417 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Chapin Hall Room 012
Catherine A. Epstein

Catherine A. Epstein

Provost and Dean of the Faculty; Henry Steele Commager Professor of History

413-542-2334 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Converse Hall Room 103A
Sergey Glebov

Sergey Glebov

Five College Professor of History

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Webster Hall Room 208
Mekhola S. Gomes

Mekhola S. Gomes

Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 210
Adi Gordon

Adi Gordon

Associate Professor of History; Chair of History

413-542-5669 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 318
Rick A. Lopez

Rick A. Lopez

Anson D. Morse 1871 Professor of History and Professor of Environmental Studies (On Leave 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024)

413-542-2337 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 308
Jen Manion

Jen Manion

Winkley Professor of History and Political Economy (History and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies)

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 220
Trent E. Maxey

Trent E. Maxey

Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations and History

413-542-8202 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 320
Edward D. Melillo

Edward D. Melillo

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies; Chair of Environmental Studies

413-542-5415 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Beneski Museum of Natural History Room 103
Ali Mirza

Ali Mirza

Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in History

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 120
Hilary J. Moss

Hilary J. Moss

Professor of Black Studies and History (On Leave 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024)

413-542-5173 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Cooper House Room 309
Christine N. Peralta

Christine N. Peralta

Assistant Professor of History and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies (On Leave 1/1/2024 - 6/30/2024)

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 208
George Qiao

George Qiao

Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 302
Sean Redding

Sean Redding

Zephaniah Swift Moore Professor of History

413-542-2032 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 304
Monica M. Ringer

Monica M. Ringer

Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations

413-542-8566 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 227
Alexander Semyonov

Alexander Semyonov

John J. McCloy '22 Visiting Professor of History

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 229
Vanessa Walker

Vanessa Walker

Gordon Levin Associate Professor of History (Diplomatic History)

413-542-5662 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 306
Benjamin A. Wurgaft

Benjamin A. Wurgaft

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

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Contributing Faculty

Richard T. Chu

Richard T. Chu

Five College Professor of History

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Russell Lohse

Russell Lohse

Associate Professor of Black Studies

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Chapin Hall Room 111
Jessica Wolpaw Reyes

Jessica Wolpaw Reyes

Willard Long Thorp Professor of Economics

413-542-8517 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Converse Hall Room 304A
Yael R. Rice

Yael R. Rice

Associate Professor of Art & the History of Art and of Asian Languages and Civilizations; Chair of Architectural Studies

413-542-5520 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Fayerweather Hall Room 208
Olufemi O. Vaughan

Olufemi O. Vaughan

Alfred Sargent Lee '41 and Mary Farley Ames Lee Professor of Black Studies; Chair of Black Studies

413-542-5516 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Cooper House Room 109
Gilles Verniers

Gilles Verniers

Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Cooper House Room 301

Emeritus Faculty

Robert J. Bezucha

Robert J. Bezucha

George Daniel Olds Professor of Economics and Social Institutions (history), Emeritus

Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu
Jerry P. Dennerline

Jerry P. Dennerline

Olin Professor in Asian Studies (History and Asian Languages and Civilizations), Emeritus

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N. Gordon Levin

N. Gordon Levin

Dwight Morrow Professor of History and American Studies, Emeritus

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John W. Servos

John W. Servos

Anson D. Morse Professor of History, Emeritus

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Kevin M. Sweeney

Kevin M. Sweeney

Professor of American Studies and History, Emeritus

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Staff

Carey Aubert

Carey Aubert

Academic Department Coordinator

413-542-2229 Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu Lyceum Room 206