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
Lindsay Young 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
Lindsay Young 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.
“History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”
—David McCullough
News
- Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

- 1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the odds – and also helped bring in powerful allies

- Christopher Magra in ‘The Conversation:’ How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness

