Abbott, Elena K.
Transregional History
“Free Soil, Canada, and the Atlantic Geography of the American Slavery Debate”
Advisor: Adam Rothman
Alejandrino, Clark L.
East & Central Asian History
“Storm Clouds Over China: Typhoons, State and Society in Coastal Guangdong, 1660s-1960s”
Advisor: Carol Benedict & John McNeill
Al-Saif, Bader M.
Middle East & North African History
Student in candidacy; proposal pending.
Advisor: Yvonne Haddad
Arabaci, Elcin
Modern European History
“Cocoons of Transformation: the Metamorphosis of Civil Society in the Ottoman Empire, 1860-1914”
Advisor: Mustafa Aksakal
Biasetto, Bruno H.
Latin American History
“The Springboard: Oil and Development in Brazil, 1973-2003”
Advisor: Bryan McCann
Calisir, Muhammed F.
Early Modern & Late Medieval History
“A 'Virtuous' Grand Vizier: Ottoman Intellectual and Scientific Life during the Grand Vizierate of Kopruluzade Fazil Ahmed Pasha (1661-1676)”
Advisor: Gabor Agoston
Cano, Daniel A.
Latin American History
“The Mermaids of Education: Mapuche and Guarani Mission-Schools in Chile and Bolivia, 1900-1950”
Advisor: Erick Langer
Corwin, Ashleigh R.
Early Modern & Late Medieval History
“An Unspeakable Crime: Blasphemy in Sixteenth-Century Champagne”
Advisor: James Collins
Davies Lenoble, Geraldine S.
Latin American History
“Indian Confederations and Nation-State Formation in the Pampas: War, Diplomacy, Trade and Kinship Ties between 1852 and 1880”
Advisor: Erick Langer
De Vries, Jennifer
Early Modern & Late Medieval History
“Breaking the Rules: Regulating Beguine Life in the Northern Low Countries, 1200-1600”
Advisor: Amy Leonard
DeLorenzo, Christopher S.
Latin American History
“Coca Substitution and Community Response in the Yungas of La Paz, Bolivia, 1924-2005”
Advisor: Erick Langer
Denning, Meredith S.
Transregional History
“Successive Generations of Canada-US Management of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, 1906-1972”
Advisor: John McNeill
Dockham, Carol J. In Memoriam
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together In My Name:' True Orthodox Christians in the Soviet Union, 1927-1960”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
El Achi, Soha C.
Middle East & North African History
“Servitude as Liberation: Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation in Algeria Under French Rule between 1848 and 1905”
Advisor: Osama Abi-Mershed
Famularo, Julia M.
East & Central Asian History
“The Pursuit of Social Stability and National Unity: The Contemprary Chinese Nation-Building Project in Tibet and Xinjiang”
Advisor: James Millward
Frazier, Chad D.
US History
“From Subjects to Citizens: The University of Puerto Rico and the Citizenship Revolution in Puerto Rico and the United States, 1898-1938”
Advisor: Katherine Benton-Cohen
Gettig, Eric T.
Transregional History
“Oil and Revolution: United States and the International History of Cuban Energy Dependence Since 1942”
Advisor: David Painter
Goffman, Laura F.
Middle East & North African History
“Education, Families, and the State in Twentieth-Century Oman and Qatar”
Advisor: Judith Tucker
Gungorurler, Selim
Middle East & North African History
“Ottoman-Safavid Relations, 1640-1700”
Advisor: Gabor Agoston
Horn, Oliver L.
US History
“From Model to Menace: US Foreign Aid in Colombia, 1956-1978”
Advisor: David Painter
Hough-Cornwell, Graham
Middle East & North African History
“Sweetening the Pot: A History of Tea and Taste in Morocco, 1850-1960”
Advisor: Osama Abi-Mershed
Hull, Catherine S.
US History
“Despotism with a Dimple: American Sympathizers with Italian Fascism”
Advisor: Michael Kazin
Husain, Faisal H.
Middle East & North African History
“Irrigation, Settlement, and Land Use in Ottoman Iraq, 1534-1831”
Advisor: John McNeill
Kaplan, Isabelle R.
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Culture and Politics in Soviet Turkic Republics: Canon-Building and Nation-Building under Stalin”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
Kates, Adrienne
Latin American History
“Independent Mayans and Capitalist Industry in Mexico's Chewing Gum Forests”
Advisor: John Tutino
Kondoyanidi, Anita A.
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“The Disillusioned Prophet: Maxim Gorky and the Russian Revolutions, 1913-36”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
Macartney, Alexander F.
Modern European History
“War in the Postwar: West German and Japanese Protest Against the War in Vietnam”
Advisor: Anna von der Goltz
Megowan, Erina T.
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“For Fatherland, For Culture: State, Intelligentsia, and Evacuated Culture in Russia's Regions, 1941-1945”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
Mellor, Robynne N.
Transregional History
“A Comparative Environmental History of Uranium Mining and Milling in North America and the Soviet Union, 1945-1985”
Advisor: John McNeill
Mevissen, Robert S.
Modern European History
“Natural Identities in the Habsburg Monarchy: State, Society, and the Danube, 1815-1914”
Advisor: James Shedel
Mullins, Sylvia E.
Early Modern & Late Medieval History
“Our Lady of the Flowing Oil' Santa Maria in Trastevere and the Monstrosity of the Saints in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”
Advisor: James Collins
Olejasz, Stephen N.
Latin American History
“Hemispheric Defense: The Western Hemisphere, Brazil, and US National Security during World War II”
Advisor: Erick Langer
Pitts, Graham A.
Transregional History
“An Environmental History of Modern Lebanon, 1915-1970”
Advisor: John McNeill
Polczynski, Michael J.
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Antemurale Christanitatis, Memalik I-Mahruse: The 'Bulwark of Christendom' and 'Well Protected Domains' along the Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth/Ottoman Frontier”
Advisor: Andrej Kaminski & Gabor Agoston
Rabah, Makram G.
Middle East & North African History
“The War of the Mountains in Lebanon 1982–1984: Oral History and Collective Memory”
Advisor: Osama Abi-Mershed
Raykhlina, Yelizaveta
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Expanding the Russian Literary Marketplace: Middlebrow Periodicals and their Readers, 1825-1861”
Advisor: Catherine Evtuhov
Reger, Jeffrey D.
Middle East & North African History
Student in candidacy; proposal pending.
Advisor: Judith Tucker
Ryzhkovskyi, Volodymyr
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Connoisseurs Into Comrades: A Study of Moscow Medievalists in Pan-European Perspective, 1900-1970”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
Schwertner, Hillar Y.
Latin American History
“Watering the Transborder Metropolis: An Urban Environmental History of Tijuana-San Diego”
Advisor: John Tutino
Shen, Yubin
East & Central Asian History
“The Making of Tropical Medicine in Twentieth-Century China”
Advisor: Carol Benedict
Shi, Yue
East & Central Asian History
“The Seven Rivers: Ethnicity, Economy and Empire on the Qing-Russian Central Eurasian Frontier”
Advisor: James Millward
Sicotte, Jonathan H.
Russia & Eastern Europe History
“Revolution, Ethnicity and Oil: Baku - 1917 to 1923”
Advisor: Michael David-Fox
Singh, Amarjot K.
Transregional History
“The Shadows of Command: Military Command in Ancient Sparta, Athens and the Roman Republic”
Advisor: John McNeill
Smith, Jordan B.
Transregional History
“The Invention of Rum”
Advisor: Alison Games
Walter, Alissa J.
Middle East & North African History
“Ba'thist Baghdad, a History: Baghdad's Lower Classes during State Development, Wars, and Sanctions”
Advisor: Judith Tucker
Yeaw, Katrina E.
Middle East & North African History
“Violence, Gender and Identity under Italian Rule in Libya, 1911-1934”
Advisor: Judith Tucker
(Updated May 2016)