People – History

Faculty

Core Faculty

Jasmine Alinder

Title
- Dean of Humanities
Department
- Humanities Division
Phone
- (831) 459-2696
Campus Email
- jaalinde@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities Dean’s Office

Noriko Aso

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- History Department
Phone
- 8315027287
Campus Email
- naso@ucsc.edu
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
- bebreen@ucsc.edu
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
- spchan@ucsc.edu
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
- achristy@ucsc.edu
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
- qcobbins@ucsc.edu
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
- muhdavis@ucsc.edu
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
- gpdelgad@ucsc.edu
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
- jderr@ucsc.edu
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
- ndeutsch@ucsc.edu
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
- kgutie20@ucsc.edu
Website
- Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH)
- WIITH Digital Archive
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
- aheckman@ucsc.edu
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
- mhu@ucsc.edu
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
- catjones@ucsc.edu
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
- ckeliiaa@ucsc.edu
Website
- Personal 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
- akreps@ucsc.edu
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
- lonetree@ucsc.edu
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
- mmatera@ucsc.edu
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
- amcguinn@ucsc.edu
Office Hours
- Tuesdays, 9-11 am and by Appt.

Thiago Mota

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- History Department
Campus Email
- tmota@ucsc.edu
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
- mdohara@ucsc.edu
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
- gomalley@ucsc.edu
Website
- Final Passages
- The Intra-American Slave Trade Database
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
- ecporter@ucsc.edu
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
- jmshaikh@ucsc.edu
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
- easulliv@ucsc.edu
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
- mjw@ucsc.edu
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
- ayang@ucsc.edu
Website
- http://cspwm.ucsc.edu/ Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories
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
- ekehler@ucsc.edu
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
- areiterm@ucsc.edu
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
- ksilver@ucsc.edu
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
- brucet@ucsc.edu
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
- bettinaf@ucsc.edu
Website
- Feminist Studies
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
- gfarredo@ucsc.edu
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
- lballoff@ucsc.edu
Website
- Dr. Balloffet’s Research & Current Projects
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
- cconnery@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 641
Office Hours
- By appointment

Barbara L Epstein

Title
- Professor Emerita
Department
- History of Consciousness Department
Campus Email
- bepstein@ucsc.edu
Office Hours
- By appointment

Jeffrey A Erbig

Title
- Associate Professor
Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies
Phone
- 831-459-1994
Campus Email
- jerbig@ucsc.edu
Website
- jeffreyerbig.com
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
- jcmonroe@ucsc.edu
Website
- Published papers and other materials on Academia.edu
- Personal Webpage
Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 321