Department of History
history@umn.edu
612-624-2800

Staff

Teaching Assistants

930 Heller - TA's	612-624-4812 & 612-624-7812
1035 Heller - Grad Instructors	612-626-0859
931 Heller - History Day TA Elizabeth Venditto	histday@umn.edu 612-625-6416

Gary Cohen Department Chair	1110A Heller 612-624-2800	gcohen@umn.edu
Patricia Lorcin Associate Chair	1020 Heller 612-626-4269	plorcin@umn.edu
Thomas Wolfe Director, Graduate Studies	1130A Heller 612-624-5840	wolfe023@umn.edu
Giancarlo Casale Director, Undergraduate Studies	1237 Heller 612-626-4265	casale@umn.edu

Sarah Stockburger Front Office Staff	1110 Heller 612-624-2800	history@umn.edu
Amanda Nelson Associate Administrator	1110D Heller 612-624-4397	nelso808@umn.edu
Derrick Aly Senior Office Staff	1110 Heller 612-624-2800	alyx0001@umn.edu
Rachel Ayers Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies	1130 Heller 612-624-5840	histdgs@umn.edu
Rich Kott Associate Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Studies	1135A Heller 612-624-5227	histugs@umn.edu kottx001@umn.edu
Brent Latchaw Principal Accounts Specialist	1110C Heller 612-624-2800	blatchaw@umn.edu

David Chang, Finalist for ASA Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize

AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION AWARDS CEREMONY (2011)
The Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize was established in 2002
and is awarded annually for the best-published first book in American
Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender, class,
sexuality and/or nation.
The 2011 prizewinner is Cynthia M. Blair, I've Got to Make My Livin':
Black Women's Sex Work in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (University of
Chicago Press, 2010).
Finalist mentions go to:
David Chang, The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics
of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929 (University of North Carolina
Press, 2010)
Kelly Lytle Hernández, Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol.
(University of California Press. 2010)
December 19th, 2011
Evan Roberts Takes Freshmen to 19th Century Chicago

Students in Evan Roberts freshman seminar are immersing themselves in a different time and place -- 19th century Chicago.
Continue reading MN Daily: Students go back in time to 19th century Chicago
December 16th, 2011
Caughey Western History Prize to Erika Lee

Western History Association has awarded the Caughey Western History Prize to Erika Lee for her book, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America.
December 8th, 2011