Department Chair

  • James C. Harrison
    Professor of History
    Kiernan Hall 228
    (518)783-2353
    harrison@siena.edu

Faculty

Department Chair:  James C. Harrison, Ph.D., Professor of History
Latin America, Slavery, Spanish Borderlands
Kiernan Hall 228
518-783-2353
harrison@siena.edu

Full-Time Faculty: 

Karl Barbir, Ph.D., Professor of History
Middle East, Islam
Kiernan Hall 220
518-783-2355
barbir@siena.edu

Tim Cooper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Asian History
Kiernan Hall 220
518-782-6771
tcooper@siena.edu

Jennifer Dorsey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
Director, Center for Revolutionary Era Studies
Colonial American and Early Republic
Kiernan Hall 229
518-783-2319
jdorsey@siena.edu

Dan Dwyer, OFM, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
Russia/Soviet, New York, Franciscan History
Kiernan Hall 219
518-783-2390
ddwyer@siena.edu

Bruce Eelman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
US to 1865, American South, Business History
Kiernan Hall 227
518-782-6728
beelman@siena.edu

Karen Ward Mahar, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History
Co-Director, American Studies Program
US since 1865, Women, Gender, Culture, Business, Public History
Kiernan 213
518-782-6570
kmahar@siena.edu

Robert Nii Nartey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
African, African-American
Kiernan Hall 227
518-782-6566
nartey@siena.edu

Wendy Pojmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
Modern Europe, Italy, Women, Gender
Kiernan Hall 219
518-786-5003
wpojmann@siena.edu

Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
US, Foreign Relations, Immigration, Women, Gender
Kiernan Hall 216
518-783-4268
breeves-ellington@siena.edu

Scott Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
Early Modern & Medieval Europe, Spain
Kiernan Hall 213
783-6746
staylor@siena.edu

 Part-Time Faculty

David Bassano, Lecturer in History
U.S. History
dbassano@siena.edu

Jeannine Chandler, Ph.D., Lecturer in History
U.S., Asia
jchandler@siena.edu

Kimberly Lamay, Lecturer in History
U.S., History and Memory
klamay@siena.edu

Ted Marotta, Lecturer in History
U.S.
tmarotta@siena.edu

Joy Newman, Lecturer in History
U.S. post 1865, Modern Middle East, Public Health.
jnewman@siena.edu

Claire Parham, Ph.D., Lecturer in History
U.S. since 1865, Canada
cparham@siena.edu

Stuart Smyth, Ph.D., Lecturer in History
Global, Europe, Asia, U.S. since 1865
ssmyth@siena.edu

John Vallely, Lecturer in History
Librarian, U.S. Military History
Standish Library
783-2591
vallely@siena.edu