School of Humanities:
History Faculty (Board of Study)

Laura 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. Comparative early American history with an emphasis on the Atlantic World and cross-cultural encounters.
laura.chmielewski@purchase.edu

Geoffrey Field
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. Modern Europe, Germany, and Great Britain.
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. Jewish studies; biblical studies; archaeology.
rachel.hallote@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. European, women’s, and local history.
lisa.keller@purchase.edu

Diana Reinhard
Visiting Assistant Professor of History (2008–09)
B.A., M.A., Loyola College; M.A., American University; Ph.D., Temple University.

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. Medieval and early modern European history and Low Countries.
wayne.tebrake@purchase.edu

Joseph Verdicchio
Lecturer in History (part-time)
B.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., New York University.

Renqiu Yu
Professor of History
B.A., Sun Yat-sen University, China; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., New York University. East Asian history.
ren.yu@purchase.edu

Emeritus Faculty

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

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. American history.
alfred.hunt@purchase.edu

Edwin Redkey
Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., University of Wisconsin; B.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University. 19th-century American history; American cultural history.

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

Updated August 22, 2008