This is an archive of the 2023-2024 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2023-2024 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2023-2024 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2023-2024

Current Faculty

Auerbach, Jeffrey A.

(2000) Department Chair of History; Professor of History. B.A. 1987, Oberlin College; M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1995, Yale University.

Devine, Tom

(2000) Professor of History. B.A. 1990, Georgetown; M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 2000, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Fitzpatrick-Behrens, Susan R.

(2002) Professor of History. B.A. 1992, California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. 2001, University of California, San Diego.

Goldner, Erik H.

(2008) Associate Professor of History. B.A. 1992, Swarthmore College; M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2007, Columbia University.

Horowitz, Richard S.

(1999) Professor of History. B.A. 1989, Haverford College; M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1998, Harvard University.

Howes, Rachel T.

(2003) Associate Professor of History. B.A. 1991, Amherst College; M.A. 1994, Georgetown University; Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jenrich, Marissa

(2023) Assistant Professor of History. B.A 2012, M.A. 2017, California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. 2023, University of California, Los Angeles.

Juarez-Dappe, Patricia I.

(2002) Professor of History. B.A. 1991, University of Buenos Aires; M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2002, University of California, Los Angeles.

Kaja, Jeffrey D.

(2011) Associate Professor of History. B.A. 2000, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 2011, University of Michigan.

Kim, Jessica M.

(2013) Professor of History. B.A. 2000, La Sierra University; Ph.D. 2012, University of Southern California.

Macauley, Sylvia

(2015) Professor of History. B.A. 1985, University of Sierra Leone; M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1997, Howard University.

Neirick, Miriam B.

(2007) Professor of History. B.A. 1999, Wellesley College; M.A. 2002, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Berkeley.

Nuño, John Paul A.

(2011) Associate Professor of History. B.A. 2002, California State University, Fresno; M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2010, University of Texas El Paso.

O’Sullivan, Donal B.

(2007) Professor of History. M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1995, University of Bonn [Germany]; Habilitation 2001, Cath. University Eichstaett [Germany].

Oliver, Clementine

(2004) Professor of History. B.A. 1991, M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Berkeley.

Sides, Josh A.

(2005) Professor of History. B.A. 1994, University of California, Davis; M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 1999, University of California, Los Angeles.




Emeriti

Broesmale, John J.

(1968) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1964, University of the Pacific; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1970, Columbia University.

Camp, Richard

(1965) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1958, Goshen College; M.A. 1960, Ph.D. 1965, Columbia University.

Chen, Joseph T.

(1964) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1953, College of Emporia, Kansas; M.A. 1955, Ph.D. 1964, University of California, Berkeley.

Davis, Ronald L.

(1970) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1963, Rockhurst College; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1974, University of Missouri.

Dirrim, Allen W.

(1959) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1950, DePauw University; M.A. 1951, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D. 1959, Indiana University.

Keller, Ralph

(1969) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1952, Simpson College; B.D. 1956, Garrett Theological Seminary; M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1969, University of Wisconsin.

Maddux, Thomas

(1969) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1964, Dartmouth College; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1969, University of Michigan.

Meaker, Gerald H.

(1968) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1950, M.A. 1952, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1967, University of Southern California.

Ovnick, Merry A.

(2000) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1963, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. 1974, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Los Angeles.

Resovich, Thomas

(1962) Professor Emeritus of History. B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Kansas State College; Ph.D. 1966, University of Wisconsin.

Shaeffer, John N.

(1968) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1953, Washington State University; A.M. 1957, Harvard University; Ph.D. 1968, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Soffer, Reba

(1961) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1955, Brooklyn College; M.A. 1957, Wellesley College; Ph.D. 1962, Radcliffe College.

Vatai, Frank L.

(1990) Professor Emeritus of History. B.A. 1970, M.A. 1972, Wayne State University; Ph.D. 1982, State University of New York.

Wood, David L.

(1970) Professor Emeritus of History. B.S. 1965, Brigham Young University; M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1972, University of Utah.

Yamane, Nancy A.

(1996) Lecturer Emeritus in History. B.A. 1977, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Los Angeles.