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Nancy Rhoden
Chair, Department of History
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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