School of Humanities:
History Faculty (Board of Study)

Laura M. Chmielewski
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., St. Joseph’s University; M.A., Fordham University; M.Phil., Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center.
laura.chmielewski@purchase.edu

Geoffrey Field (on leave 2011–12)
Professor of History
B.A., M.A., St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University; Ph.D., Columbia University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
geoffrey.field@purchase.edu

Rachel Hallote
Associate Professor of History
Director of the Jewish Studies Program
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.
rachel.hallote@purchase.edu

Paula Halperin
Assistant Professor of Latin American History
B.A., University of Buenos Aires; Ph.D., University of Maryland.
paula.halperin@purchase.edu

Lisa Keller
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Vassar College; Ph.D., Cambridge University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.
lisa.keller@purchase.edu

Diana Reinhard
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Loyola College; M.A., American University; Ph.D., Temple University.
diana.reinhard@purchase.edu

Wayne te Brake
Professor of History
B.A., Calvin College; Ph.D., University of Michigan. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
wayne.tebrake@purchase.edu

Joseph Verdicchio
Lecturer in History (part-time)
B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University.
joseph.verdicchio@purchase.edu

Renqiu Yu (on leave Spring 2012)
Professor of History
B.A., Sun Yat-sen University, China; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., New York University.
ren.yu@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Robert Stein: Literature

Faculty Emeriti

Jean Herskovits
Research Professor of History
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Oxford University.

Alfred Hunt
Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., St. Edwards University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Carl Resek
Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Rochester.

Updated Jan. 25, 2012

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