Susan Lawrence
Professor and Department Head
Contact the Department Head with questions about the department’s administration. Dr. Lawrence works on fundraising and relationships with College and University leadership.
Tore Olsson
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Questions about a course of study, curriculum, graduate student life, or admission to our graduate program? Contact Dr. Olsson. Together with individual graduate student advisors, Dr. Olsson consults with graduate students on progress towards the degree. He also manages graduate student funding.
Denise Phillips
Associate Professor, Associate Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies
The Associate Head is also Director of Undergraduate Studies. Contact Dr. Phillips with questions about the History majors and minors, or about the undergraduate curriculum. Consult with Dr. Phillips with concerns you have about an instructor’s grading or course policies after you have talked to your teacher about them first.
Mary Beckley
Administrative Specialist II
Departmental responsibilities include working with the Associate Head, department schedule and student registrations, invoice and contract payment, internal/external communications, and space and equipment inventory.
“History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”
—David McCullough