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Graduate Student Profiles

The following is a list of PhD students currently enrolled in the NYU Department of History. They reflect the program's diversity and range of intellectual inquiry. Students are listed in alphabetical order with their field of study. To learn more about a student and his / her research interests, click on the name and you will be directed to the student's profile.

Jennifer Adair, Modern Latin America and the Caribbean

Kevin Arlyck, Atlantic History

Sona Arutyunyan, Joint Program with the Institute of French Studies and History

Karen Auman, Atlantic History / Colonial North America

Rachel Beth Berry, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Elisabetta Bini, Modern European History

James Cantres, African Diaspora

Brittany Carter, US History

Wei-Chi Chen, Modern Taiwan, Japan, and China

Omar Cheta, Modern Middle Eastern History, Ottoman History

Robert Cole, Modern China

Philissa Cramer, U.S. History, History of Education

Mirela David, East Asian History, China

Ezra Davidson, Modern U.S. and Middle Eastern History

Muriam Davis, Africa and the Middle East

Sasha Disko, Modern European History

Joshua Evans, Modern Europe / Intellectual History

Kendra Taira Field, 19th Century U.S. History / African American / Native American

Elisabeth Fink, Joint Program with the Institute of French Studies and History

Joshua Frens-String, Latin America and the Caribbean

Eric Gifford, Modern and Early Modern European History

Trina Hogg, Africa / Empires

Daniel H. Inouyé, 20th Century U.S. History / Public History

Simon Jackson, History of Empire / Modern Europe / France / Political Economy

Peter Jones, Medieval History

Paul Kershaw, U.S. 20th Century History

Shira Klein, Joint Program in History and Hebrew & Judaic Studies

Anna Koch, Joint Program in History and Hebrew & Judaic Studies

Shira Kohn, Joint Program in History and Hebrew & Judaic Studies, interested in fields of American Jewish History, History of Women and Gender, Postwar American History, History of Higher Education

David Koffman, American Religious History / Modern Jewish History

Rachel Kranson, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Julia Rose Kraut, U.S. History, Legal History

Priya Lal, Africa

Andrew H. Lee, Modern Europe

Soonyi Lee, Modern Chinese and Asian Transnational History

Youn Jong Lee, Medieval History

Zachary P. Levine, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Natasha Ligthfoot, African Diaspora / Latin America and the Caribbean

Terri Lonier, U.S. Business History

Seth Markle, African Diaspora

Elizabeth Michel, Modern Europe

Melissa Milewski, 19th century U.S. History, U.S. South, African American history, history of women

Tracy Neumann, U.S. History / Modern Russia

Mairin Odle, Atlantic History

Brigid O'Keefe, Modern Europe / Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union

Alison Okuda, African Diaspora

Mary-Elizabeth O'Neill, Modern Europe / Institute of French Studies

Jessica L. Pearson, Modern Europe / French Studies

Atiba Pertilla, U.S. History / Urban Studies

Michelle Pinto, History and French Studies

Lara Rabinovitch, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, 20th Century U.S. History

David Rainbow, Modern Europe / Imperial Russia

James Robertson, Modern European History

Justino Rodriguez, Latin America and the Caribbean

Felicitas Ruetten, African Diaspora

Paul Sager, Modern Europe / French Studies

Nanako Sawayanagi, Modern European History

Samantha Seeley, 18th/19th Century US History

Jenny Shaw, Atlantic History

Ahmad Shokr, Modern Middle East History

Anelise Shrout, Atlantic History / Ireland

Aaron Slater, Atlantic History / Early Modern European Political and Cultural History

Federico Sor, Latin American History / Comparative Nationalism and Authoritarianism

Evan Spritzer, Joint Program with the Institute of French Studies and History

Jonathan Michael Square, Latin America and the Caribbean

Michelle Standley, Modern European History

Christy Thornton,  Modern Latin America and the Caribbean

Lilly Tuttle, U.S. History / Public History

Susan Valentine, Medieval Europe / Interreligous Encounters

Matthew Vitz, Modern Latin America and the Caribbean

Katy Walker, Atlantic History, Empire and Colonialization

Karen Weber, Modern European History / Russia

David Weinfeld, History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Matthew Wendeln, Modern Europe

Hollian Wint, African History

Natan Zeichner, Latin America and the Caribbean

Ayelet Zoran-Rosen, Ottoman History

If you are a graduate student currently enrolled in the program and would like to submit a profile, please send an email to Jessica Corey at jessica.corey@nyu.edu, including your name, cohort, field, advisor, research interests, and a digital photograph.

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