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Kent Blansett

Kent Blansett

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of New Mexico
B.A. University of Missouri


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Areas of Expertise

  • American Indian History
  • Urban American History
  • History of the West
  • Modern American History
  • Environmental History

Jennifer Deane

Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane

Associate Professor(on leave, academic year 2011-2012)

Ph.D., Northwestern University
B.A., University of Washington


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Areas of Expertise

  • Medieval History
  • Early Modern Europe
  • Religious and Cultural History
  • Gender Studies

Stephen Gross

Stephen Gross

Associate Professor, Archivist

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


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Areas of Expertise

  • American Social History
  • History of American Immigration
  • Rural History
  • History of Religion in America
  • Minnesota History

Roland Guyotte

Roland Guyotte

Professor

Ph.D.,Northwestern University
M.A., Northwestern University
A.B., Brown University

Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award


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Areas of Expertise

  • U.S. History
  • Political History
  • The American Presidency
  • Immigration and Ethnicity
  • Biography and Autobiography
  • History of Education

James Jessup

J. Brooks Jessup

Assistant Professor (on leave, academic year 2011-2012)

Ph.D. University of California
B.A. Hamilton College


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Areas of Expertise

  • East Asian History
  • Modern China
  • Religious and Social History
  • Urban History

Hsiang-Wang Liu

Hsiang-Wang Liu

Lecturer

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., National Taiwan Normal University
B.A., National Taiwan Normal University


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Areas of Expertise

  • East Asian History
  • Modern China
  • Military History
  • Nationalism

Elaine Nelson

Elaine Marie Nelson

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of New Mexico
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.A.E., University of Nebraska at Kearney


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Areas of Expertise

  • History of the American West
  • American Indian History
  • Women and Gender Studies
  • Tourism and Environmental History
  • Great Plains History

Marynel Ryan Van Zee

Marynel Ryan Van Zee

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
B.A., University of Illinois, Chicago


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Areas of Expertise

  • Modern European history
  • Women's history
  • History of education
  • History of the social sciences