Graduate History Faculty
Dr. Edward Andrews
Professor of History
eandrews@providence.edu
Concentrations: Early America; the Atlantic world; race; slavery
Dr. Patrick Breen
Associate Professor of History
pbreen@providence.edu
Concentrations: Slavery; African-American; Southern; 19th Century
Dr. Luz Colpa
Assistant Professor of History
lcolpa@providence.edu
Concentrations: Colonization/decolonization in Africa
Dr. Matthew Dowling
Assistant Professor of History
mdowling@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern France; French Empire
Dr. Vefa Erginbas
Associate Professor of History
erginbas@providence.edu
Concentrations: Islamic and Middle Eastern History
Dr. Thomas Grzebien
Assistant Professor of History
grzebien@providence.edu
Concentrations: Medieval Europe
Dr. Jennifer Illuzzi
Professor of History
jilluz1@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern European History; Romani populations; Germany; Italy
Dr. Colin Jaundrill
Associate Professor of History
jaundrill@providence.edu
Concentrations: East Asian History; Modern Japan
Dr. Jeff Johnson
Director, Graduate Program in History
Professor of History
j.johnson@providence.edu
Concentrations: The American West; Labor History; The Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Dr. Alyssa Lopez
Associate Professor of History
alopez7@providence.edu
Concentrations: 20th Century African American History; film history; race, culture, and activism
Dr. Sharon Ann Murphy
Professor of History
sharon.murphy@providence.edu
Concentrations: 19th and 20th US social, economic, and business history; financial history; slavery
Rev. David Orique, O.P.
Professor of History
dorique@providence.edu
Concentrations: Colonial and Modern Latin America; Iberian Atlantic World History
Dr. Osama Siddiqui
Associate Professor of History
osiddiqu@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern Britain; British Empire; Modern South Asia; intellectual history and the history of economic thought; history of translation
Dr. Steven Carl Smith
Associate Professor of History
ssmith32@providence.edu
Concentrations: The American Revolution; Early Republic; Urban History; Media
Rev. John Vidmar, O.P.
Associate Professor of History
jvidmar@providence.edu
Concentrations: Monasticism; The Popes; The Inquisition; The Reformation; 19th century Catholicism; American Dominican History
Dr. Adrian Weimer
Associate Professor of History
aweimer@providence.edu
Concentrations: Colonial America; Early Modern England; Religious, Political, and Constitutional History
Dr. Guolin Yi
Assistant Professor of History
gyi@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern China; East Asia; World History (theories); Comparative Media
