Kent Blansett
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies Discipline Coordinator
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico
- M.A., University of New Mexico
- B.A., University of Missouri, Columbia
Contact
- Office: Camden 101
- Phone: 320-589-6187
Areas of Expertise
- American Indian History
- Urban American History
- History of the West
- Modern American History
- Environmental History
Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane
Associate Professor
- Ph.D., Northwestern University
- B.A., University of Washington
- Alumni Association Teaching Award
- Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award
Contact
- Office: Camden 112
- Phone: 320-589-6186
- Website
Areas of Expertise
- Medieval History
- Early Modern Europe
- Religious and Cultural History
- Gender Studies
Stephen Gross
Associate Professor, Archivist
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Contact
- Office: Imholte 212, Library 420
- Phone: 320-589-6172 (Archives), 320-589-6278 (History)
Areas of Expertise
- American Social History
- History of American Immigration
- Rural History
- History of Religion in America
- Minnesota History
Roland Guyotte
Professor
- Ph.D.,Northwestern University
- M.A., Northwestern University
- A.B., Brown University
- Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award
Contact
- Office: Camden 108
- Phone: 320-589-6185
Areas of Expertise
- U.S. History
- Political History
- The American Presidency
- Immigration and Ethnicity
- Biography and Autobiography
- History of Education
J. Brooks Jessup
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
- B.A. Hamilton College
Contact
- Office: 118 Camden
- Phone: 320-589-6188
Areas of Expertise
- East Asian History
- Modern China
- Religious and Social History
- Urban History
Benjamin Narvaez
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- M.A., University of Texas at Austin
- B.A., Grinnell College
Contact
- Office: Camden 102
- Phone: 320-589-6182
Areas of Expertise
- Latin American History
- U.S.-Latin American Relations
- Race and Ethnicity
- Labor History
- Immigration History
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
Contact
- Office: Camden 103
- Phone: 320-589-6183
- Website
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
Associate Professor (on leave, academic year 2012-2013)
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- B.A., University of Illinois, Chicago
Contact
- Office: Camden 116
- Phone: 320-589-6181
- Website
Areas of Expertise
- Modern European history
- Women's history
- History of education
- History of the social sciences
