Administration

Nancy Rhoden

Chair, Department of History

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84964

Email: nrhoden@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 2201B

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Rhoden is a specialist in colonial British America and the American Revolution, with particular interests in religious and social history. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges

Robert MacDougall

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 85305

Email: rmacdou@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 2228

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor MacDougall studies the history of the late 19th and 20th century United States with a special focus on the cultural and political history of information, communication, science, and technology. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges

Francine McKenzie

Professor and Graduate Chair

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 87637

Email: fmckenzi@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 2236

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor McKenzie is an international historian who works on the history of international organizations, global trade, and the British Commonwealth – especially on Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges

Michael Dove

Assistant Professor and Director and Internship Coordinator, MA Public History Field

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84996

Email: mdove2@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 1207

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Dove specializes in public history, local history, Canadian baseball and hockey history, the history of beer and brewing, and the business and social history of the global maritime world in the Early Modern Period (c.1500-1800). His current research projects include London's bicentennial, the history of hockey in the Forest City, and the history of Canada's O-Pee-Chee Company. Master's level supervisory privileges.

Frank Schumacher

Associate Professor and Director, Program in International Relations

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84987

Email: fschuma@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 2235

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Schumacher specializes in international and global history with a focus on the role of the United States in world affairs, the history of empires and colonialism, and the global history of genocide and mass violence. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges.

Maya Shatzmiller

Professor and Director, Middle East & North Africa Research Group (MENARG)

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84994

Email: maya@uwo.ca

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Maya Shatzmiller is a specialist in the social and economic history of the medieval Islamic world and author of several books on the subject, among them 'Labour in the Medieval Islamic World' and 'Women's property Rights in 15th century Granada'. Her project of writing the economic history of medieval Islamic societies is under way. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges

Laurel Shire

Associate Professor and Director, Program in American Studies at Western and DH Lab GSWS Graduate Chair (Joint appointment with the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies)

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 83645

Email: lshire@uwo.ca

Office: LWH 2226

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Shire is a social and cultural historian whose research focuses on the United States in the nineteenth century, especially the relationship between race, gender, and U.S. expansion. Her research connects scholarship on North American borderlands, Western and Southern U.S. history, the Atlantic world, Native and African American studies, and women’s history. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges

Aldona Sendzikas

Associate Professor and Co- Director, Program in American Studies at Western

Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84377

Email: asendzi2@uwo.ca

Research Interest/Specialization

Professor Sendzikas specializes in 20th century U.S. cultural and social, as well as military history, and American Studies. Her research interests include the U.S. Submarine Service, particularly during WWII; prisoner-of-war issues; Canada-U.S. relations; and Cold War culture and society Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges