Our Faculty
Michael Dove
Director 2018/2019, and Internship Coordinator, M.A. Public History Program
| Position: Assistant Professor Email: mdove2@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84996 |
Office: LWH 1207 |
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Research Interests Professor Dove specializes in public history, early Canadian history, and the business and social history of the global maritime world in the Early Modern Period (c.1500-1800). He is especially interested in the operation of commercial trading companies including the Hudson’s Bay Company, as well as the growth and decline of piracy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Currently Teaching: HIS 2188A/B - Pirates & Piracy on the World’s Seas and in the Public Imagination |
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Michelle A. Hamilton
| Position: Associate Professor Email: mhamilt3@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84973 |
Office: LWH 2216 Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30pm |
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Research Interests Professor Hamilton is a Public Historian whose research focuses on historical and contemporary issues surrounding museums and heritage, social memory and commemoration, cultural identity and issues of representation, usually in regards to Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Currently Teaching: HIS 2209E - First Nations in Canadian History Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges |
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Timothy Compeau
| Position: Assistant Professor Email: tcompeau@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-3645 |
Office: tbd Office Hours: by appointment |
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Research Interests Professor Compeau researches the cultural history of colonial North America and the Atlantic World with a special interest in honour culture and loyalism in the American Revolution. He also explores the application of augmented reality technology for public history. Currently Teaching: HIS 9808A - Digital Public History (restricted) |
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Alan MacEachern
| Position: Professor Email: amaceach@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84993 |
Office: LWH 2268 Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30-2:30pm or by appointment. |
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Research Interests Professor MacEachern is an environmental historian of Canada. Currently Teaching: HIS 2201E - Canada: Origins to the Present Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges |
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Shelley McKellar
| Position: Associate Professor Email: smckell@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84990 |
Office: LWH 2227 Office Hours: Mondays 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment History of Medicine at Western |
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Research Interests Professor McKellar studies the history of medicine and disease, with a special interest in the history of medical technology, instruments and devices, the history of surgery, and medical biography. She is also the curator of the Western Medical Artifact Collection. Currently Teaching: HIS 2812E - Plague, Pox and Flu: Disease in Global History Master's & Doctoral Level Supervisor Privileges |
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Robert MacDougall
| Position: Associate Professor Email: rmacdou@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 85305 |
Office: LWH 2228 Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30- 3:30pm or by appointment |
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Research Interests 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. Currently Teaching: HIS 2301E - The United States, Colonial Period to the Present Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges |
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Aldona Sendzikas
Co-Director, Program in American Studies at Western
| Position: Associate Professor Email: asendzi2@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84377 |
Office: LWH 1222 |
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Research Interests Professor Sendzikas specializes in 20th century U.S. and military history. 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 Currently Teaching: HIS 2137B - Draft Dodgers, Hippies, and Black Panthers: The US in the 1960s Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges |
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Don Spanner
| Position: Assistant Professor Email: dspanner@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-3645 |
Office: LWH 2201 Office Hours: By Appointment |
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Research Interests Professor Spanner's research interests include Archival Studies, Reference Services and Outreach Development, Conservation and Preservation Management and Ontario History Currently Teaching: HIS 9806A - Understanding Archives
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William J. Turkel
Research Chair
| Position: Professor Email: wturkel@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 87433 |
Office: LWH 2267 |
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Research Interests Professor Turkel research interests include computational history, Big History, STS, physical computing, desktop fabrication and electronics. Currently Teaching: HIST 2816A - Introduction to Digital History (Fall) Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges |
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Jonathan F.W. Vance
Undergraduate Chair
| Position: Professor Email: jvance@uwo.ca Telephone: 519-661-2111 ext. 84974 |
Office: LWH 2247 Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-2:00pm and Wednesdays 12:00-2:00pm |
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Research Interests Professor Vance teaches military history, Canadian history, and social memory. His current research focuses on the First World War, Canadian culture, and prisoners of war. He also curates the Wartime Canada collection. Currently Teaching: HIS 1810E - Wars that Changed the World
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