Our Faculty

SPRING SEMESTER    2012  

Prof. Kathryn Black

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Kathryn.Black@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: X  1388
Office Hours: TR 9:15 - 11:00 AM &  by apt.

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Prof. Richard Brabander

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Richard.Brabander@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: X  1388
Office Hours: MW 10:15 - 11:00 AM  &  by apt.

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Prof. Thomas Brown

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Thomas.Brown@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: X  1388
Office Hours: MWF in Burnell 103 7:30-8:00 AM, in Hart Lounge 10:00AM

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Dr. Charles Cox

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall & the Commuter Cafe
Email: biggalice@aol.com
Voice Mail: X 1388
Office Hours: TR 10:45 - 11:30 AM in the Comm. Cafe

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Prof. Margaret Crowe

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Margaret.Crowe@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: R 4:40 - 5:30 PM & by apt.

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Dr. David Culver , Emeritus

Office: #225, Tillinghast Hall
Email: dculver@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2402
Office Hours: TR  12:30 - 1:30 PM &  by apt.
Education Ph.D. Boston University
M.A.  Boston University
A.B.  Colgate University
Courses: HIST-454 United States History since World War I
HIST-456 World War II
HIST-457 America since World War II
HIST-495 Colloquium:  The Vietnam War
HIST-496 Seminar: Presidency of JFK
Special Interests: John F. Kennedy
World War II
Richard  Nixon
The Vietnam War

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Dr. Peter deRosa

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: agrderosa@yahoo.com
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: R 5:15 - 6:00 PM  & by apt. 

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Prof. Giampaolo DiGregorio

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Giampaolo.DiGregorio@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: T 9:30 - 10:00 AM ,W 2:30 - 3:00 PM & by apt. 

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Dr. Nicholas Ganson

Office: #227, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Nicholas.Ganson@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2212
Office Hours: TR 12:30 - 1:30 , 3:30 - 4:00 PM & by apt. 

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Dr. Karin Goldstein

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Karin.Goldstein@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2786
Office Hours: R 9:20 - 10:10 AM  & by apt.

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Dr. Joshua Greenberg

Office: #228, Tillinghast Hall
Email: jgreenberg@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2786
Office Hours: ON SABBATICAL
Education Ph.D.   American University 
M.A.    American University  
B.A.     University of California at Santa Cruz
Courses: HIST- 443  History:  Early National Period
Special Interests: Early National Period

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Dr. William Hanna

Office: #223 Tillinghast Hall
Email: William.Hanna@bridgew.edu 
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: M 10:00 - 10:45  AM in the Comm. Cafe & by apt.

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Prof. William Hasenfus

Office: #223 Tillinghast Hall
Email: w1hasenfus@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: MWF 10:00 - 11:00 AM & by apt.

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Dr. Leonid Heretz, Chair

Office: #237, Tillinghast Hall
Email: lheretz@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2410
Office Hours: T 2:00-4:00 PM, W 2:00 - 4:00 PM, R 2:00-3:00 PM   &  by apt.
Education Ph.D. Harvard University
A.M. Harvard University
A.B.  Harvard College
Courses: HIST-431 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST-434 Modern Russia to 1917
HIST-435 History of U.S.S.R.
HIST-436 East Central Europe Since 1918
HIST-437 European National Histories (Germany)
Special Interests: Traditional culture and religion
The First World War

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Dr. Andrew Holman

Office: #236, Tillinghast Hall
Email: a2holman@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2688
Office Hours:  T 3:30 - 5:00 PM & by apt.
Education Ph.D. York University, Toronto, Canada
M.A. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Courses: HIST-487 Canadian History to Confederation
HIST-488 Canadian History since Confederation
HIST-489 History of Canadian-American Relations
HIST-491 Medicine and Society in the Anglo-American World
HIST-494 Quebec and Canada since Confederation
Special Interests: Canada
Canadian-American borderlands
History of Medicine

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Dr. Michael Ierardi

Office: #224, Tillinghast Hall
Email: mierardi@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2414
Office Hours: W 1:00 - 3:00 PM, F 1:00-2:00 PM & by apt.
Education Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
M.A. University of California at Berkeley
B.A.  Yale College
Special Interests: Ancient History

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Dr. Patrick Jennings

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Patrick.Jennings@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: R 3:00 - 4:00 PM  & by apt.

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Prof. Thomas Leamy

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Voice Mail: X1388
E-Mail: Thomas.Leamy@bridgew.edu
Office Hours: W 11:00 - 12:00 PM & by apt.

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Dr. Keith Lewinstein,
Graduate Coordinator

Office: #232, Tillinghast Hall
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2774
E-Mail: klewinstein@bridgew.edu
Office Hours: W 12:45 - 1:45 PM &  by apt.
Education Ph.D. Princeton University
M.A. Princeton University
B.A. University of California at Berkeley
Courses: HIST 474-01 History of Middle East 500-1700
HIST 479-01 The Islamic Religious Tradition
Special Interests: Medieval Islamic Society and Religion
Islamic Law and Political Thought

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Office: #230, Tillinghast Hall
Email: mlowe@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2406
Office Hours: T 12:30 - 1:30 PM, W 11:00 - 12:00 PM & by apt.
Education Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
M.A. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
B.A. University of Vermont
Courses: HIST 465 Afro-American History
HIST 466 Women in American History
Special Interests: History of Women,     Progressive Era,
American Social and Cultural History

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Dr. Michael Marram

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Michael.Marram@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: TR 1:00 - 1:45 PM & by apt.

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Dr. Joseph McMahon

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: j2mcmahon@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: MWF 11:05 - 12:05 PM & by apt.

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Dr. Thomas Nester

Office: #225, Tillinghast Hall 
Email: Thomas.Nester@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2466 
Office Hours: MW 10:00 - 11:00 AM, TR 11:00 - 11:30 AM  & by apt.
Education Ph.D. Texas A & M University
M.A. Temple University
B.A.  Susquehanna University
Courses: HIST-445 United States History: The Civil War
 
Special Interests: United States History, Civil War and Reconstruction, Military History

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Dr. Steven O'Brien

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Steve.Obrien@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: T 11:30 - 12:30 PM  & by apt.

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Dr. Erin O'Connor

Office: #234, Tillinghast Hall
Email: eoconnor@bridgew.edu 
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2405
Office Hours: MW 12:30 - 1:30, F 12:15 - 1:00 PM  & by apt.  
Education Ph.D. Boston College
B.A. Brandeis University
Courses: HIST 477: Latin America: The Colonial Period
HIST 478: Latin America: The National Period
History of Mexico
The Indian in Latin American History
Latin American Women's History
Special Interests: Andean History, Gender analysis, Indian/state relations

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Dr. Brian Payne

Office: #226, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Brian.Payne@bridgew.edu.
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2519
Office Hours: MWF 9:00 - 11:00 AM & by apt.
Education Ph.D. University of Maine
M.A.  University of Maine
B.A.   St. John Fisher College
Courses: HIST 440: Economic History
 
Special Interests: United States History, Labor History, Maritime History

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Dr. Paul Rubinson

Office: #222, Tillinghast Hall
Email: Paul.Rubinson@bridgew.edu 
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2412
Office Hours: MW 10:00 - 11:30 AM  & by apt.  
Education Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
M.A.  University of Texas at Austin
B.A.   Vanderbilt University
Courses: HIST 457 - America Since WW II
US History, Second WW to present
Special Interests: Cold War History

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Dr. James Sellman

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall
Email: James.Sellman@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: TR 9:30 - 10:15 AM  & by apt.  

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Dr. Philip Silvia, Emeritus

Office: #221, Tillinghast Hall
Email: psilvia@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2403
Office Hours: MW 11:15 - 12:10 PM  & by  apt.
Education Ph.D. Fordham University
M.A. Fordham University
B.A. Providence College
Courses: HIST-461 American Immigration and Ethnicity
HIST-471 Sport in American Life
HIST-464 New England Textile Communities: Social and Economic History
HIST-462 American Labor History
Special Interests: Local History: Fall River, Massachusetts

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Prof. Ronald Smith

Office: #233 , Tillinghast Hall
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
E-mail: rsmith@bridgew.edu
Office Hours: by appointment before and after class

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Prof. Jean Stonehouse,
MSCA Bridgewater Chapter President

Office: #220 Tillinghast Hall
Email: jstonehouse@bridgew.edu 
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2415
Office Hours: MW 10:30-12:00 in Tilly, T 3:00-4:00 MSCA office & by apt.
Education M.A. Boston University
B.A. Bridgewater State College
Courses: HIST-427 Ireland in Literature and History, 1798-1922
HIST-441 United States History: The Colonial Period
HIST-442 United States History: The American Revolution
HIST-443 United States History: The Early National Period
Special Interests: History of Childhood
United States Constitution

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Dr. Wing-Kai To,
Asian Studies Coordinator

Office: #216, Tillinghast Hall
Email: wto@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2401
Office Hours: MWF 12:45 - 1:45 PM, W 5:00 - 6:00 PM  & by apt.
Education Ph.D. University of California
M.A. Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.A.  Chinese University of Hong Kong/The United College
Courses: HIST-480 History of China
HIST-481 China Under Communism
HIST-482 History of Japan
HIST-484 War and Revolution in Modern Asia
Special Interests: Late Imperial and Modern China
East Asian International History
Coordinator of Asian Studies

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Prof. Jennifer Turner

Office: #223, Tillinghast Hall 
Email: Jennifer.Turner@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-1388
Office Hours: MW 11:00 - 12:00 PM & by apt.

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Dr. Thomas Turner, Emeritus

Office: #218, Tillinghast Hall 
Email: tturner@bridgew.edu
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2408 
Office Hours: M 5:00- 6:00 PM   & by apt.
Education Ph.D. Boston University
A.M. Boston University
A.B. Boston University
Courses: HIST-445 United States History: The Civil War
HIST-448 United States Foreign Relations to 1900
HIST-449 United States Foreign Relations since 1900
HIST-440 Topics in American History: American Assassinations
Vietnam
Abraham Lincoln
Special Interests: Editor: Lincoln Herald

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Dr. Sarah Wiggins

Office: #219  Tillinghast Hall
Email: Sarah.Wiggins@bridgew.edu 
Voice Mail: (508) 531-2018
Office Hours: TR 12:30 - 1:30 PM & by apt.
Education Ph.D.  University of London,  Royal Holloway College
M.A.  University of London,   Royal Holloway College
B.A.   Hendrix College
Courses: HIST-439  Modern Britain
HIST-439  Modern Ireland
Special Interests: British History, Women's History, British Empire

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