Meet the Faculty

History Program Faculty Department of History and Philosophy Teaching Faculty:
Anderson-Cobb, Nicole nanderson@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Assistant Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-6780 Chicago room: AUD717
Nicole Anderson-Cobb earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Urban Planning from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Anderson-Cobb's research in African History, Comparative Islamic Studies and Media Studies allowed her to conduct research in Sana'a Yemen, various French West African locales (Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Benin, Ivory Coast) and Bordeaux and Paris France. Dr. Anderson-Cobb's dissertation "New Nations, Anxious Citizens: Social Change and Filmmaking in the West African Sahel, 1950-1980" examines French West African film cultures as spaces of art, politics, racial uplift, resistance and social change during the first two decades of West African independence after French colonial rule. In addition to revising the dissertation for publication, publishing several publications on race, gender and international research, Dr. Anderson-Cobb's duties at Roosevelt include course offerings in World History, African History, Africana Film Studies, Race & Popular Culture, Violence & Gun Cultures.

Chamberland, Celeste cchamberland@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Assistant Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-3726 Chicago room: AUD755
Celeste Chamberland holds a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick, an M.A. from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Davis. Specializing in early modern European social and cultural history, and the history of science and medicine, her teaching interests include urban history, gender history, the Renaissance and Reformation, and the history of disease and public health. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of medicine in Tudor-Stuart England. She is currently writing a book on gender and the professional identity of surgeons in early modern London.

Department Chair Chulos, Chris J. (Profile) cchulos@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Associate Professor of History Faculty Website: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/Chulos/ Chicago phone: 312-341-3711 Chicago room: AUD 722 Chicago fax: 312-341-2156 Schaumburg room: SCH 360J
Chris Chulos received his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. Between 1994 and 2002, he was a research fellow and faculty member at the Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where he remains a permanent faculty member of the Department of History. At Roosevelt he teaches courses on Modern European Social and Cultural History. His publications include Converging Worlds: Religion and Community in Peasant Russia, 1861-1917 (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003), and many articles about religion and culture in nineteenth century Russia. He has held visiting positions at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, St. Petersburg University (Russia), and Joensuu University and Tampere University (both in Finland). He has been a Fulbright scholar and IREX exchangee, as well as a recipient of grants from the European Union, the Finnish Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His current work concentrates on history and memory in late imperial Russia, with an emphasis on early Russian cinema.

Frink, Sandra M. sfrink@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Assistant Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-6474 Chicago room: AUD749
Sandra Frink holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.A. from the University of Memphis, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research interests include the study of public space, particularly in urban environments, the history of women, gender and sexuality, the history of immigration and ethnicity, African American history, and the history of popular culture. She also teaches chronological courses in United States history before 1865. Her current research analyzes the relationships between public power, urban landscapes, and community development and conflict. She is currently writing a book that uses New Orleans as a lens through which to examine the multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-national world of the nineteenth-century urban streets.

Gellman, Erik S. egellman@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Assistant Professor Chicago phone: 312-322-7138 Chicago room: AUD705-B
Erik S. Gellman earned his B.A. from Bates College and Ph.D. in History from Northwestern University. Specializing in the 19th and 20th Century United States, Gellman's research interests include African American and working-class history, social movements, and comparative ethnic and racial studies. His special interest in Chicago's history has led to work on the staff of the Encyclopedia of Chicago and The Labor Trail map project as well as a new research project that analyzes civil rights struggles in late 1960s Chicago. He also serves as a board member of the Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies and the Workers Rights Board of Jobs with Justice. He is the author of recent articles in the Journal of Southern History and Labor, and is currently working on two forthcoming books, Labor's New Deal Prophets (University of Illinois Press, with Jarod Roll) and Death Blow, Jim Crow! (University of North Carolina press). Both books examine the convergence of labor and civil rights movements in the United States during the Great Depression and World War II era.

Prado, Fabricio fprado@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Assistant Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-6781 Chicago room: AUD717-A
Fabrício Prado received his MA from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), in 2002. During his Masters, Fabrício was a research fellow at the Emilio Ravignani Institute for Historical Research the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. His MA thesis was published in 2002 under the title Colônia do Sacramento – the Southernmost Portuguese America (1716-1753). Fabrício received his Ph.D. from Emory University (2009) where he worked under Prof. Susan Socolow. His dissertation analyzes trans-imperial networks of interaction among Spanish, Portuguese and British subjects in Rio de la Plata. Focusing on the city of Montevideo, he stresses the importance of social networks connecting Montevideo elites beyond imperial boundaries in shaping the economy, politics and the formation of a colonial identity in the last years of colonial rule in the region. Fabrício has also participated in programs and fellowships that have fostered his perspective of Latin American history as part of the Atlantic World. Research interests: South Atlantic, cross-border dynamics, social networks, commerce, and identity.

Rung, Margaret C. mrung@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Associate Professor of History Director of the Center for New Deal Studies Chicago phone: 312-341-3724 Chicago room: AUD476-A Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8563 Schaumburg room: SCH360-J
Margaret Rung received her AB from Oberlin College, and her MA and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Roosevelt, she taught at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada and during the 2000-2001 academic year, she served as a visiting Fulbright lecturer at the University of Latvia in Riga, Latvia. At Roosevelt, she directs the Center for New Deal Studies and teaches courses that focus on this era. She also teaches broadly in twentieth-century America, and on topics such as urban history, ethnicity in North America, and state building. In 2008, she completed a major revision of the instructor's manual for the eighth edition of Bedford/St. Martin's 8th primary source readers, America Firsthand, volumes 1 and 2. Author of the book, Servants of the State: Managing Diversity and Democracy in the Federal Civil Service, 1933-1953 (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2002), her research focuses on politics and political institutions in twentieth-century America, and has appeared in journals such as Business History Review, Presidential Studies Quarterly and the American Review of Public Administration. Currently, she is working on a book-length study that compares fair employment reform efforts in the United States and Canada from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Administrative (non-teaching) Faculty:
Middleton, Charles R. cmiddleton@roosevelt.edu Office of the President President Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-3800 Chicago room: AUD814 Schaumburg phone: 847-619-7284 Schaumburg room: SCH130-D
Charles R. "Chuck" Middleton has served as the fifth President of Roosevelt University since July 2002. Dr. Middleton has been a university professor or administrator for 38 years. Prior to joining Roosevelt, he was vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Bowling Green State University and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A fellow of Great Britain’s Royal Historical Society, Dr. Middleton’s academic expertise is in modern British history from the late 18th Century to the early 19th Century and he has an interest in the history of sport in America. He has taught more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, written more than 60 scholarly papers and is the author of the book The Administration of British Foreign Policy, 1782-1846. Dr. Middleton earned an AB degree with honors in history from Florida State University and both an MA and PhD in history from Duke University. Dr. Middleton is active in educational and community organizations. He is a fellow of the Institute for International Education (Midwest), chair of the Committee on Institutional Effectiveness for the American Council on Education (ACE), chair of the Federation of Illinois Independent Colleges and Universities, and a member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, American Historical Association and North American Conference on British Studies. He also serves on the boards of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, N. Y., the Center on Halsted, the Chicago Loop Alliance, the Chicago Central Area Committee, the Near South Planning Board, the Point Foundation, and the Chicago Historical Museum Community Advisory Council for "Out at CHM." He is a member of Rotary One, the Economic Club and the Executives Club. In November 2006, Dr. Middleton was elected to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, along side Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, attending Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball games and cooking for friends.

Weiner, Lynn Y. lweiner@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Dean Professor of History Chicago phone: 312-341-2134 Chicago room: AUD620
Lynn Weiner, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is also a professor of history at Roosevelt University as well as the Executive Director of the Center for New Deal Studies. She has been at Roosevelt since 1991. Before that, she taught for a year at Northwestern University. Dr. Weiner also previously taught as an adjunct at Roosevelt and elsewhere. From Detroit, she has a B.A. from the University of Michigan in history and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from Boston University. Specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. social history, particularly women's history, she has written a book on the female labor force in the U.S., a prize-winning article on the history of the La Leche League, and numerous other articles and reviews. Her current project is a history of the PTA.

Knerr, Douglas dknerr@roosevelt.edu Office of the Provost Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Administration Chicago phone: 312-341-2337 Chicago room: AUD 834
Douglas Knerr, vice-provost for faculty and academic administration, is an associate professor of history and has served on the Roosevelt faculty since 1998. Before joining the history department in 2007, he taught a variety of courses and seminars in the bachelor of general studies program in the College of Professional Studies. His research interests include the US housing industry and the history of mid-sized corporations. His most recent book, Suburban Steel: The Magnificent Failure of the Lustron Corporation (Ohio State University Press, 2005) looks at the intersections of housing technologies and social policy in the mid-20th century. Additional research interests include domestic culture and the evolution of residential interior spaces. He has held visiting appointments at several universities, most recently Case Western Reserve where he served as the Beamer-Schneider Fellowin the SAGES program. Knerr received his B.A. in Political Science and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Cincinnati.
Emeritus Faculty:
Kraig, Bruce bkraig@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Professor Emeritus of History Chicago phone: 312-341-6452 Chicago room: AUD650 Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8663 Schaumburg room: SCH600-E
Bruce Kraig holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in history and archeology. Professor Kraig has taught courses in history, prehistory, popular culture, the history of food, world cultures, film and television documentaries and travel and tourism, and continues to teach occasionally at Roosevelt. He has lectured on these subjects in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Australia and has an international reputation as a food historian with special emphasis on the cultural significance of food. He has been the host, writer, and historian for the nationally broadcast Public Television (PBS) documentaries Hidden China, Hidden Mexico, Food for the Ancestors, Hidden India: Ther Kerala Spicelands, and the forthcoming Hidden Turkey and has hosted his own television and radio shows about food. His programs have won numerous awards, including: Silver Apple Award (National Education Media Competition); Gold Apple Award; CHRIS (top award, Columbus International Documentary comp); and several EMMYs. Author of Mexican-American Plain Cooking (Nelson-Hall 1982), The Cuisines of Hidden Mexico (John Wiley 1996) as well numerous articles on food and food history, world cultures and travel, Professor Kraig is currently writing books on the culinary history of Chicago. Also forthcoming are "Man Bites Dog" and "The Hot Dog," social histories of hot dogs and the iconography of hot dog stands. He is the founding and continuing president of the Culinary Historians of Chicago.

Reed, Christopher R. creed@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Professor Emeritus of History Chicago Phone: 312-480-0337 Chicago Room: AUD724
Christopher R. Reed, professor emeritus of history (since August 2006) and former Seymour Logan Chair (1998-2001), is both a Roosevelt alumnus and native Chicagoan who has matched scholarly interest and civic commitment with nativity. Returning to the university in 1987 as associate professor of history, he has served as well as director of the St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies. His research interests include Chicago history, nineteenth and twentieth century Black Chicago history, US Civil War history, and urban politics. His scholarship includes numerous books and essays: Black Chicago's First Century, Vol. I, 1833-1900 (2005); "All The World Is Here": The Black Presence At White City (2000); and, The Chicago NAACP And The Rise Of Black Professional Leadership, 1910-1966 (1997). Major essays include "African American Life In Antebellum Chicago, 1833-1860," "Beyond Chicago’s Black Metropolis: A History Of The West Side's First Century, 1837-1940," "A Reinterpretation of Black Strategies For Change At The Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934," and Black Chicago's Political Realignment During The Depression And New Deal," all in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Also, Organized Racial Reform in Chicago During The Progressive Era: The Chicago NAACP, 1910-1920, Michigan Historical Review and Black Chicago Civic Organization Before 1935," Journal of Ethnic Studies. His current manuscript on black Chicago covers the period 1901-1933. Along with research and writing, he serves as general secretary of the newly organized Black Chicago History Forum. He earned his BA and MA in history at Roosevelt University in 1963 and 1968 respectively and his PhD from Kent State University in 1982.

Stein, Leon lstein@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History and Philosophy Professor Emeritus of History Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8564 Schaumburg room: SCH600-E
Dr. Leon Stein received his B.A. in 1962, his M.A. in 1964, and his Ph.D. in 1966 from New York University. He was the first Mansfield Professor of History at Roosevelt University, and he continues to teach select courses at the Schaumburg Campus. His teaching and research fields include History of the Holocaust, History of Ideas, Social Movements, and Nationalism. His many publications include numerous papers and articles on the Holocaust and the History of Nationalism, and a Curriculum on the Holocaust for the Public Schools of the State of Illinois. Dr. Stein also contributed to the Illinois State Law that mandates the teaching about the Holocaust, and has conducted teacher institutes in which 1,500 teachers have been trained over the last twenty years. He has also completed a study comparing the behavior of the Lutheran churches in Germany and Denmark during the Holocaust.

Elizabeth Balanoff Professor Emerita of History Daniel Headrick Professor Emeritus of History David Miller Professor Emeritus of History Ronald Tallman Professor Emeritus of History

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