Graduate History Faculty
Dr. Edward Andrews
Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
eandrews@providence.edu
Concentrations: Early America; the Atlantic world; race; slavery
Dr. Patrick Breen
Associate Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
pbreen@providence.edu
Concentrations: Slavery; African-American; Southern; 19th Century
Dr. Matthew Dowling
Assistant Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
mdowling@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern France, French Empire
Dr. Vefa Erginbas
Associate Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
erginbas@providence.edu
Concentrations: Islamic and Middle Eastern History
Dr. Robin Greene
Associate Professor of History
rgreene2@providence.edu
Concentrations: Ancient Greek history and literature, especially post-Alexander the Great; Ancient popular literature and popular culture
Dr. Thomas Grzebien
Assistant Professor of History
grzebien@providence.edu
Concentrations: Medieval Europe
Dr. Karen Holland
Assistant Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
kholland@providence.edu
Concentrations: Early Modern Ireland, Irish History; Early Modern Europe
Dr. Jennifer Illuzzi
Associate Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
jilluz1@providence.edu
Concentrations: Modern European History; Romani populations; Germany; Italy
Dr. Colin Jaundrill
Associate Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
jaundrill@providence.edu
Concentrations: East Asian History; Modern Japan
Dr. Jeff Johnson
Director, Graduate Program in History; Graduate Advisor
j.johnson@providence.edu
Concentrations: The American West, Labor History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Dr. Alyssa Lopez
Assistant Professor of History
alopez7@providence.edu
Concentrations:20th Century African American History; film history; race, culture, and activism
Dr. Margaret Manchester
Associate Professor of History
mmanch@providence.edu
Concentrations: American Foreign Relations; Cold War; Modern Middle East; Modern American Women
Dr. Sharon Ann Murphy
Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
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, Graduate Advisor
dorique@providence.edu
Concentrations: Colonial and Modern Latin America; Iberian Atlantic World Histor
Dr. Osama Siddiqui
Assistant Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
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, Graduate Advisor
ssmith32@providence.edu
Concentrations: The American Revolution; Early Republic; Urban History; Media
Dr. Adrian Weimer
Associate Professor of History, Graduate Advisor
aweimer@providence.edu
Concentrations: Colonial America; Early Modern England; Religious, Political, and Constitutional History
