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Department of History

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University Hall
Suite:  5240
Mail Stop 970
Phone: 419.530.2845
Fax: 419.530.4539
history@utoledo.edu
Office hours 
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Contact Tamara Golkiewicz at 419.530.2845 or history@utoledo.edu to schedule and appointment

Department of History

Contact Us

University Hall
Suite:  5240
Mail Stop 970
Phone: 419.530.2845
Fax: 419.530.4539
history@utoledo.edu
Office hours 
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Contact Tamara Golkiewicz at 419.530.2845 or history@utoledo.edu to schedule and appointment

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Charles Beatty-Medina

Charles Beatty Medina, Ph.D.

Professor

Latin American History, Conquest and Colonialism, African Diaspora and Atlantic

University Hall 5210-H
419.530.5060
charles.beattymedina@utoledo.edu

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Kristen Geaman

Kristen Geaman, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Medieval and Early Modern England, Medieval Spain, History Methods

University Hall 5210-G
419.530.4719
kristen.geaman@utoledo.edu

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Chelsea Griffis

Chelsea Griffis, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

20th Century United States, Women’s Social Movements

University Hall 5210-M
419.530.4537
chelsea.griffis@utoledo.edu   

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Barry Jackisch, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Modern Europe, Germany, the Holocaust and Genocide, Russia and Eastern Europe,  Environmental History

University Hall 5210-K
419.530.2609
barry.jackisch@utoledo.edu 

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Shingi Mavima

Shingi Mavima, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

History of Southern African (colonial and postcolonial), African literature and popular culture

University Hall 5210-L
419.530.4726 
blessing.mavima@utoledo.edu

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Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch

Ami Plugrad-Jackisch, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

Early American History, Gender, Race, the Old South

University Hall 5210-E
419.530.4540
ami.pflugradjackisch@utoledo.edu

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staff

Tamara Golkiewicz, Department Secretary

emeritus faculty

Diane F. Britton, Public History, Late 19th-20th Century U.S., Ethnic America

Lorin Lee Cary, U.S. Labor History

William D. Hoover, East and Southeast Asia with Japan specialty

Peter Linebaugh, British, Irish, and Atlantic History

William H. Longton, Antebellum Southern and U.S. Early National

Ronald Lora, American Intellectual, Political, and Cultural History

Theodore Natsoulas, African and Middle Eastern History

Roger Ray, Medieval History

Larry D. Wilcox, Modern European History with a specialization in Holocaust Studies

part-time faculty

Dr. Dan French, US History,  daniel.french@utoledo.edu

Dr. Shirley Green US History,  shirley.green@utoledo.edu

Ms. Jaclyn Hinkle, Ancient World,  jaclyn.hinkle@utoledo.edu

Ms. Caitlin Jewell, Ancient World, caitlin.jewell@utoledo.edu

affiliate faculty

Kim Nielsen, Professor, U.S. Disability History, Disability Law, Eugenics

Dean's Office
University Hall
Third Floor, Room 3160
Mail Stop 906
419.530.2164
Undergraduate Admission
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419.530.8888 (call)
419.329.4567 (text)
2801 W. Bancroft Street
Toledo, OH 43606
Graduate Admission
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419.530.GRAD (4723), Option 1
Stranahan Hall, Room 1048
2801 W. Bancroft, MS 933
Toledo, OH 43606
Last Updated: 6/30/25