People, Department of History at the University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, Department of History

African American
The University of Georgia History Department offers an excellent opportunity to study and research African American history at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels with outstanding, prize-winning historians. The faculty's expertise and research interests span the entire breadth of African American history from slavery in the colonial period to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Courses on African American history are taught every semester. Financial assistance is available.
Faculty
Berry, Stephen Associate Professor and Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era and Co-Director, Center for Virtual History	Civil War-Era America; U.S. South; race, gender, family, and culture	Office: 324 LeConte Hours: On leave	berry@uga.edu (706) 542-2500
Clark, Kathleen Associate Professor	19th and 20th century U.S. South; Women and Gender; African American	Office: 301 LeConte Hours: TH- 1:30-3:30pm & by appt Tu, Th -9:30-10	katclark@uga.edu (706) 542-6394
Lee, Chana Kai Associate Professor	African American, U.S. Women's, 20th Century U.S.	Office: 130 LeConte Hours: By appointment on TR; please email her	chanakai@uga.edu (706) 542-2541
Morrow, Diane Batts Associate Professor	Multicultural history and African American history	Office: 226 LeConte Hours: T 3:30-5:00 by appt.	dbmorrow@uga.edu (706) 542-2505
Pratt, Robert A. Professor	20th-century U.S.; African-American and Southern; civil rights movement	Office: 108 LeConte Hours: By Appointment only	rapratt@uga.edu (706) 542-6393
Graduate Students
Bongiovanni, Brice Graduate Student	Latin American Religions and Colonialism	Office: 114 LeConte Hours: TR 10-11am	bongiob@uga.edu
Cromwell, Alisha M. Graduate Student	Enslaved Women in the Urban Marketplace	Office: 134 LeConte	alishamc@uga.edu
Davis, Christina L. Graduate Student	African American Education; 19th Century American History; Women's History		cdavis37@uga.edu
Ellett, Ashton Graduate Student	Modern American Politics, Southern Culture and Politics, Conservatism, War and Society	Office: 104 LeConte Hours: R 12:30-2:30	ellettag@uga.edu
Goodwin, Daleah Graduate Student	19th- and 20th-Century Black Women	Office: 301B LeConte	dgoodwin@uga.edu
Holmes, Catherine Graduate Student	U.S. South: African American history.		clholmes@uga.edu
Johnson, Timothy Graduate Student	U.S. South, Post-1865 U.S., Agriculture and Environment	Office: 103 LeConte	timjohns@uga.edu
Kirby, Jason Graduate Student	Vietnam War era; General Westmoreland and race relations, military and political career		jkirby@uga.edu
Manthorne, Jason Graduate Student	20th-Century US; Agriculture and Rural Life; Rural Development; History of Capitalism	Office: 126 LeConte	jman@uga.edu
Merritt, Keri Leigh Graduate Student	19th C. America; U.S. South; Class and Race		klm13@uga.edu
Richier, Leah Graduate Teaching Assistant	Race relations, gender and sexuality, and violence	Office: 104 LeConte	richier@uga.edu
Rohrer, Katherine E. Graduate Student	19th c. U.S. South, Urban History, Race Relations	Office: 120 LeConte Hall Hours: T 3:30-4:30, and by appt.	elwdawg@uga.edu
Tucker, Kathryn Graduate Student	US South and Race Relations	Office: 104 LeConte	lktucker@uga.edu
Wall, James Graduate Student	20th-century U.S.; African-American and Southern; Civil Rights Movement	Office: 109 LeConte Hours: W 1-2pm, F 1-2pm	jbwall@uga.edu