Faculty
Core Faculty
Jasmine Alinder
- Title
- Dean of Humanities
- Department
- Humanities Division
- Phone
- (831) 459-2696
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities Dean’s Office
Noriko Aso
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 8315027287
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 534
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025 Wednesdays 11-1 or by appointment. Zoom is possible.
Benjamin P Breen
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 512-804-6165
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 279
- Office Hours
- Spring and Summer 2024: By appointment, please email to set up a zoom or in-person meeting
Shelly Chan
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- (831) 459-2304
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 541
- Office Hours
- Mondays 10-12 (via Zoom) and by appt.
Alan S Christy
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Hours
- Tuesdays 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Please sign up here for office hours https://calendar.app.google/D5tv2dcEFHkqrzV87
Quin’Nita Cobbins-Modica
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 280
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: By appointment only (email in advance)
Muriam H Davis
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4257
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 212
- Office Hours
- Spring 2025 – Wed 3-5pm, sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FRjYLCDXT2ozavI4bGt-bZNDnLAqky8vI24pMMCzYpg/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Grace Peña Delgado
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 542
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025–Wednesdays 11:45-1 PM or email in advance to set up Zoom meeting at your convenience.
Jennifer L Derr
- Title
- Associate Professor; Founding Director, Center for the Middle East and North Africa at UC Santa Cruz (2019-2024)
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3602 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 529
- Office Hours
- 2025-2026: On leave
Nathaniel P Deutsch
- Title
- Distinguished Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 331 Humanities 1
- Office Hours
- Winter 2025: Tuesdays, 11:30pm to 1:30pm, email in advance to set up in-person or Zoom meeting during office hours
Kathleen C Gutierrez
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2542
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 539
- Office Hours
- Fall 2016: Virtual with limited in-person, by appointment only
Alma R Heckman
- Title
- Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2465
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 277
- Office Hours
- On leave for AY 2025-2026
Minghui Hu
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-5270 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 536 Humanities 1
- Office Hours
- Winter 2025: Monday 11-12 AM or Zoom appointment
Catherine A Jones
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2927 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 272 Stevenson College
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Monday, 1-3:00 p.m., in person, Stevenson 272, or via zoom. Please email for link.
Caitlin A Keliiaa
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- (831) 459-3701
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 240
- Office Hours
- Wednesdays, 12:30 – 1:30 pm or by appointment via Zoom
Anne S Kreps
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 232
- Office Hours
- Spring 2025: by appointment
Amy Joy Lonetree
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3098 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 241
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: By appointment.
Marc Matera
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4060 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 214 Stevenson Academic
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Monday at 3:00-4:00pm on Zoom, Thursday at 11:00am-12:00pm in person, or by appointment
Aims McGuinness
- Title
- College Provost, Merrill College
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Hours
- Tuesdays, 9-11 am and by Appt.
Thiago Mota
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 533
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Thursday, 2pm to 4pm by appointment. Please, pick up a time for a meeting through this link: https://calendar.app.google/pUSBR618JopqVeVV8
Matt O’Hara
- Title
- Provost, Cowell and Stevenson Colleges
- Department
- Cowell College
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 121
- Office Hours
- Fall 25 — Mondays 12-1 or via appointment
Gregory O’Malley
- Title
- Professor and Chair of History
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-1426 (office)
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 220 Stevenson College
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30am (in person)
Eric Porter
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-5287 (office, voice mail checked infrequently)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 235
- Office Hours
- On sabbatical leave in 2025-26
Juned Noor M Shaikh
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-502-7104
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 531
- Office Hours
- Fall, 2025: Wed: 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon
Elaine A Sullivan
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3109
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 236
- Office Hours
- Fall quarter: Wednesday: 3-4PM, Fridays 2-3PM in-person and via Zoom
Marilyn J Westerkamp
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3427 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, Stevenson 273
- Office Hours
- Fall 2023: On leave. Email to set up zoom meeting
Alice Yang
- Title
- Professor, History Department
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2328
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 538
- Office Hours
- On leave for 2025-2026 but available via email: ayang@ucsc.edu
Lecturers
Edward H Kehler
- Title
- Senior Continuing Lecturer
- Department
- Stevenson College
- Phone
- 831-459-2437 (Office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, Stevenson 229
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Mondays, 1-2 p.m. (via Zoom); Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. (in person at STEV 229!); and by appointment. Email me for a Zoom link.
Amanda Reiterman
- Title
- Lecturer
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Cowell College Faculty Wing, 240
- Office Hours
- Monday 11-12 in person and by appointment (Winter 2025)
Kiva Silver
- Title
- Senior Continuing Lecturer
- Department
- Stevenson College
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 209
- Office Hours
- Office Hours for Fall ’25: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12-1:15pm
Bruce A Thompson
- Title
- Jewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3467 (office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 276 Stevenson College
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Monday and Wednesday @ 2:45-4:45, in person; Tuesday and Thursday afternoon by appointment
Affiliated Faculty
Bettina F Aptheker
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2116
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 340
- Office Hours
- By appointment only.in Fall 2019
Gabriela F Arredondo
- Title
- Associate Professor, Latin American & Latino Studies
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Phone
- 000-000-0000
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Merrill College Academic Building, 33
- Office Hours
- On leave until Winter 2026
Lily Balloffet
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Phone
- 831-459-2955
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
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- Office Hours
- Fall ’25: TBA by Zoom; (Please Email to Request Signup Sheet Link)
Christopher L Connery
- Title
- Professor, Literature
- Department
- Literature Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2761 (Office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 641
- Office Hours
- By appointment
Barbara L Epstein
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Campus Email
- Office Hours
- By appointment
Jeffrey A Erbig
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Phone
- 831-459-1994
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Merrill College Academic Building, 109
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Wednesdays, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
James Monroe
- Title
- Department Chair
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3614
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 321
G.S. Sahota
- Title
- Associate Professor, Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
- Department
- Literature Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2487 (office)
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 630
- Office Hours
- W 2-4pm, and by appointment
Faculty Emeriti
David Henry Anthony
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4028 (office)
- Campus Email
Jonathan F Beecher
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
David T Brundage
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4645 (office)
- Campus Email
Edmund Burke
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2287 (office)
- Campus Email
Pedro G Castillo
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
Mark Cioc-Ortega
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-295-6000 (cell)
- Campus Email
Maria Elena Diaz
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2227 (office)
- Campus Email
Dana Frank
- Title
- Research Professor and Professor Emerita
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
Gildas Hamel
- Title
- Senior Lecturer, emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-423-1849 (home)
- Campus Email

Lisbeth Haas
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
Charles Webster Hedrick
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
Gail B Hershatter
- Title
- Research Professor and Distinguished Professor of History Emer.
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4041 (office)
- Campus Email
Peter Kenez
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2555 (message)
- Campus Email
Bruce C Levine
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email

Cynthia L Polecritti
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
David G Sweet
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email

Mark Traugott
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2555 (message)
- Campus Email
Staff
Stephanie S Hinkle
- Title
- Department Manager
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 201
Cindy Lynn Morris
- Title
- Graduate Program Coordinator
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2621
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Office 201
- Office Hours
- Monday – Thursday 6:00 am – 4:00 pm

Hailey Emery
- Title
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Manager
- Department
- History Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 201b
- Office Hours
- Monday – Friday 8am-5pm. Working remotely during summer.