The combined expertise of our faculty encompasses a diversity of fields including:

  • Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans, and the cultural history of the United States;
  • the Ancient Mediterranean and medieval Europe;
  • modern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and East Asia;
  • environmental, public, and comparative world history.

History Department Staff

Jeff Brown
Lead Staff
brownjt@pdx.edu
503-725-3977

Thalia Sophiana
Programs Coordinator
tsophiana@pdx.edu
503-725-5275

Martha Ketcham
Operations Coordinator
ketcham@pdx.edu
503-725-9093

History Department Affiliated Faculty

Natan Meir
Lorry I. Lokey Professor in Judaic Studies
meir@pdx.edu

Shawn Smallman
Professor, International and Global Studies
drss@pdx.edu

Nina Spiegel
Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Associate Professor of Israel Studies, Judaic Studies
nspiegel@pdx.edu

Additional Adjunct Faculty (by term)

Fall 2025

Nichola Farron, HST 380U:
nfarron@pdx.edu

Moyses Marcos, HST 101:
moysesm@pdx.edu

 

Winter 2026

Moyses Marcos, HST 310U:
moysesm@pdx.edu

 

Spring 2026

Friedrich Schuler, HST 365U:
schulerf@pdx.edu

History Department Faculty Emeriti


George Armantrout
Assistant Professor Emeritus of History

Victoria Belco
Associate Professor Emerita of History

Karen Carr
Associate Professor Emerita of History

David Peterson Del Mar
Professor Emeritus of History

Tim Garrison
Professor Emeritus of History

David A. Horowitz
Professor Emeritus of History

 

 

David Johnson
Professor Emeritus of History

Susan Karant-Nunn
Professor Emerita of History

William Lang
Professor Emeritus

Charles LeGuin
Professor Emeritus of History

Caroline Litzenberger
Associate Professor Emerita of History

 

 

Thomas Morris
Professor Emeritus of History

Frederick Nunn
Professor Emeritus of History and International Studies

Michael Reardon
Professor Emeritus of History and Humanities

Linda Walton
Professor Emerita of History

Charles White
Professor Emeritus of History