Faculty

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” ? Aldous Huxley

Faculty
Kate Fawver Professor Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2002	kfawver@csudh.edu LCH A-311 310.243.3494 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday/Wednesday 11:30am - 12:45pm Tuesday 10:00am - 4:00pm and by appointment.	Dr. Fawver returns from teaching American history in Russia (To read profile article: click here) Dr. Fawver receives Fulbright Scholars Grant (To read profile article: click here)
Joshua J. Jeffers Assistant Professor Ph.D., Purdue University, 2014	jojeffers@csudh.edu LCH A-319 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday/Wednesday 8:30am - 11:00am Tuesday/Thursday 8:30am - 9:30am Monday -Thursday 1:00pm - 2:00pm and by appointment.	A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, I received my Ph.D. in history from Purdue University in 2014 where I specialized in Native American and frontier and borderlands history. My research interests also include environmental history, intellectual history, and colonial studies.
Andrea Johnson Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 2006	anjohnson@csudh.edu LCH A-315 310.243.2636 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday 1:30pm - 2:30pm Monday/Wednesday 5:15pm - 6:15pm and by appointment.	Attended an NEH Summer Institute on Early American Women held in Providence, Rhode Island.
Chris Monty Chair and Professor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004	cmonty@csudh.edu LCH A-317 310.243.3469 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday 10:00am - 12:00pm Tuesday 11:00am - 1:00pm Wednesday 1:30pm - 3:30pm Thursday 11:00am - 1:00pm Email for Appointment	Recipient of the Lyle E. Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award, 2013. (To read profile article: click here)
Bianca Murillo Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara,2009 Home Page	bmurillo8@csudh.edu LCH A-307 310.243.1083 Fall 2018 office hours: Wednesday 2:30pm - 5:30pm https://calendly.com/murillo	Recipient of the 2015-2016 Graves Award in the Humanities, administered by ACLS Dr. Murillo’s book Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth Century Ghana (2017), from the with Ohio University Press as part of its New African Histories Series, is available now! In Market Encounters, Bianca Murillo explores the shifting social terrains that made the buying and selling of goods in modern Ghana possible. Fusing economic and business history with social and cultural history, she traces the evolution of consumerism in the colonial Gold Coast and independent Ghana from the late nineteenth century through to the political turmoil of the 1970s. Dr. Murillo was recently featured here.
Doris Namala Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2002 Home Page	dnamala@csudh.edu LCH A-347 310.243.3489 Fall 2018 office hours: Tuesday 10:00am - 11:30am & 1:30pm - 2:30pm Wednesday 2:30pm - 3:30pm and by appointment.	Dr. Namala, a colonial Latin American historian, is well respected in California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) History Department for her bold and creative approach to integrating her research into student learning. That admiration has garnered her the 2018 Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award, an honor that acknowledges non-tenure track lecturers who have “demonstrated excellence in teaching effectiveness and overall contribution to the university.” Read more...
Laura Talamante Professor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2003	ltalamante@csudh.edu LCH A-327 310.243.3451 Fall 2018 office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 9:00am - 10:00am & 11:15am - 12:15pm and by appointment.	Recipient of the Brown Foundation Fellowship at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, 2014. (To read faculty highlight article: click here)

Faculty

Kate Fawver
Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2002

kfawver@csudh.edu
LCH A-311

310.243.3494

Fall 2018 office hours:

Monday/Wednesday
11:30am - 12:45pm

Tuesday
10:00am - 4:00pm

and by appointment.

Dr. Fawver returns from teaching American history in Russia (To read profile article: click here)

Dr. Fawver receives Fulbright Scholars Grant (To read profile article: click here)

Joshua J. Jeffers

Assistant Professor Ph.D., Purdue University, 2014

jojeffers@csudh.edu

LCH A-319

Fall 2018 office hours:

Monday/Wednesday
8:30am - 11:00am

Tuesday/Thursday
8:30am - 9:30am

Monday -Thursday
1:00pm - 2:00pm

and by appointment.

A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, I received my Ph.D. in history from Purdue University in 2014 where I specialized in Native American and frontier and borderlands history. My research interests also include environmental history, intellectual history, and colonial studies.

Andrea Johnson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 2006

anjohnson@csudh.edu
LCH A-315

310.243.2636

Fall 2018 office hours:

Monday
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Monday/Wednesday
5:15pm - 6:15pm

and by appointment.

Attended an NEH Summer Institute on Early American Women held in Providence, Rhode Island.

Chris Monty
Chair and Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

cmonty@csudh.edu
LCH A-317

310.243.3469

Fall 2018 office hours:

Monday
10:00am - 12:00pm

Tuesday
11:00am - 1:00pm

Wednesday
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Thursday
11:00am - 1:00pm

Email for Appointment

Recipient of the Lyle E. Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award, 2013. (To read profile article: click here)

Bianca Murillo CSUDH

Bianca Murillo
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara,2009

Home Page

bmurillo8@csudh.edu
LCH A-307

310.243.1083

Fall 2018 office hours:

Wednesday
2:30pm - 5:30pm

https://calendly.com/murillo

Recipient of the 2015-2016 Graves Award in the Humanities, administered by ACLS

Dr. Murillo’s book Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth Century Ghana (2017), from the with Ohio University Press as part of its New African Histories Series, is available now!

In Market Encounters, Bianca Murillo explores the shifting social terrains that made the buying and selling of goods in modern Ghana possible. Fusing economic and business history with social and cultural history, she traces the evolution of consumerism in the colonial Gold Coast and independent Ghana from the late nineteenth century through to the political turmoil of the 1970s.

Dr. Murillo was recently featured here.

Doris Namala Spring 2018

Doris Namala
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2002

Home Page

dnamala@csudh.edu
LCH A-347

310.243.3489

Fall 2018 office hours:

Tuesday
10:00am - 11:30am & 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Wednesday
2:30pm - 3:30pm

and by appointment.

Dr. Namala, a colonial Latin American historian, is well respected in California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) History Department for her bold and creative approach to integrating her research into student learning. That admiration has garnered her the 2018 Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award, an honor that acknowledges non-tenure track lecturers who have “demonstrated excellence in teaching effectiveness and overall contribution to the university.” Read more...

Laura Talamante
Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2003

ltalamante@csudh.edu
LCH A-327

310.243.3451

Fall 2018 office hours:

Tuesday/Thursday
9:00am - 10:00am

11:15am - 12:15pm

and by appointment.

Recipient of the Brown Foundation Fellowship at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, 2014. (To read faculty highlight article: click here)

Adjunct Faculty
Tom Alvarez Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007	talvarez@csudh.edu LCH A-313 310.243.1084 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday/Wednesday 3:25pm - 5:25pm and by appointment.
Michael Desrochers Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978	mdesrochers@csudh.edu or mjdesrochers@earthlink.net LCH A-340 310.243.1049 Fall 2018 office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 7:00am - 8:00am & 11:30am - 12:30pm and by appointment.
Kirsten Resnick M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1994	kresnick@csudh.edu or kresnick@earthlink.net LCH A-340a 310.243.2041 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday/Wednesday 7:30am - 8:00am & 10:00am - 11:00am and by appointment.
Ryan Archibald Ph.D., University of Washington, ABD	rarchibald@csudh.edu LCH A-313 310.243.3328 Fall 2018 office hours: Monday/Wednesday 12:30pm - 2:00pm and by appointment.
Trevor Griffey Ph.D., University of Washington, 2011	tgriffey@csudh.edu LCH A-340 310.243.1049 Fall 2018 office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:15pm - 2:15pm and by appointment.
Brian Kovalesky