Faculty by Periods
Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean (1000s-1400s)
![Thomas Devaney Headshot](devaney_thomas/assets/images/devaney.jpg)
Devaney, Thomas C.
Associate Professor of History
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
- Office Location
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture
![Laura Ackerman Smoller Headshot](smoller_laura/assets/images/Smoller.jpg)
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Early Modern (1400s-1700s)
![Thomas Devaney Headshot](devaney_thomas/assets/images/devaney.jpg)
Devaney, Thomas C.
Associate Professor of History
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
- Office Location
- 364 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; History of emotions; History of the senses; Urban History; Interfaith Relations; Popular culture
![Michael Jarvis Headshot](jarvis_michael/assets/images/mw_021916ur_020-x2---michael-jarvis.jpg)
Jarvis, Michael J.
Professor of History
Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- Office Location
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4558
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
![Pablo Sierra Silva Headshot](sierra_pablo/assets/images/sierra-silva.jpg)
Sierra Silva, Pablo M.
Associate Professor of History
- Office Location
- 461 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8354
Interests: African Diaspora, Latin American, Caribbean and Atlantic History
![Laura Ackerman Smoller Headshot](smoller_laura/assets/images/Smoller.jpg)
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy
Modern (1800-)
![Michael Jarvis Headshot](jarvis_michael/assets/images/mw_021916ur_020-x2---michael-jarvis.jpg)
Jarvis, Michael J.
Professor of History
Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- Office Location
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4558
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
![Matthew Lenoe Headshot](lenoe_matthew/assets/images/y-matt---matthew-lenoe.jpg)
Lenoe, Matthew E.
Associate Professor of History
Graduate Career Advisor
- Office Location
- 370A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Russian and Soviet History; Stalinist Culture and Politics; History of Mass Media; Soviet Soldiers in World War II; Russia in East Asia; Leninism in World History
![Elias Mandala Headshot](mandala_elias/assets/images/img_2420.jpg)
Mandala, Elias C.
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 439 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2058
Interests: Southern Africa since the 19th Century; Social History
![Jean Pedersen Headshot](pedersen_jean/assets/images/pedersen photo.jpg)
Pedersen, Jean
Professor of History
Professor of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- Office Location
- 447 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3616
Interests: Modern European History; French History; Feminist Theory, Women's History, and Gender Studies; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Knowledge; History of Academic Disciplines
![Joan Rubin Headshot](rubin_joan/assets/images/rubin picture.jpg)
Rubin, Joan S.
Dexter Perkins Professor in History
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 363 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9347
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Cultural and Intellectual History; The History of the Book
![Stewart Weaver Headshot](weaver_stewart/assets/images/img_2428-2.jpg)
Weaver, Stewart A.
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 368 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9348
Interests: Modern British History; Himalayan History; Environmental History