Faculty
Choi Chatterjee, Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington
Field: Modern Europe, Russia & Soviet Union
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: cchatte@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/dr-choi-chatterjee
Timothy Doran, Professor
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley
Field: Ancient Greek and Roman History
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Wednesdays on Zoom 10-11am or by appt.
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: tdoran2@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/dr-timothy-doran-associate-professor-history
Christopher Endy, Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Field: Modern U.S., International Relations, Globalization
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4076A - (323) 343-2046
Email: cendy@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/christopher-endy
Eileen Ford, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: eford@exchange.calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/eileen-ford
Kittiya Lee, Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Field: Colonial Latin America, Brazil
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4033 - (323) 343-2244
Email: Klee40@exchange.calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/kittiya-lee
Afshin Matin, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Middle East, Religious Studies
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH A4026 - (323) 343-2025
Email: amatina@calstatela.edu
Enrique Ochoa, Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Field: Modern Latin America, Mexico
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4077A
Email: eochoa3@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/enrique-c-ochoa
Birte Pfleger, Professor
Ph.D. UC Irvine
Field: Colonial British North America, Early Republic, Ethnicity
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Web: /faculty/birte-pfleger
Sara Pugach, Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern Africa, South Africa, Germany
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
Email: spugach@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/sara-pugach-professor
Travis Shutz, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Binghamton University (SUNY)
Field: Early Modern Maritime Asia
Summer 2025 Office Hours: By Appointment
Office: KH A4025 - (323) 343-2223
Email: jshutz@calstatela.edu
Angela Vergara, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern Latin America, Labor Studies, Chile
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Thursdays online from 4-5pm
Office: KH B4021
Email: avergar@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/ángela-vergara
Scott Wells, Professor and Chair
Ph.D. New York University
Field: Medieval Europe, Early Modern World, Religious Studies
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4066 - (323) 343-2020
Email: swells2@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/scott-wells
Mark Wild, Professor
Ph.D. UCSD
Field: Modern U.S., Urban Studies
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4034 - (323) 343-2045
Email: mwild@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/mark-wild-professor
Ping Yao, Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Field: Asia, China, Women's & Gender History
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2023
Email: pyao@calstatela.edu
Web: /faculty/ping-yao
Lamont Yeakey, Associate Professor
Ph.D.
Field: Modern U.S., Civil Rights, Political Movements
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00am-12:00pm and by appointment.
Office: KH A4027 - (323) 343-2026
Email: lyeakey@calstatela.edu
Lecturers
Thomas Alvarez, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity, Politics
Summer 2025 Office Hours: TBD
Office: KH B4022 - (323) 343-2020
Email: Thomas.Alvarez16@calstatela.edu
Gregory Beirich, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Medieval Europe, U.S. and World History
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Thursdays, 10:00-11:00 AM (via Zoom; meeting link may be found on Canvas)
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: gbeiric@calstatela.edu
Judy Corey, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: California, U.S. West, Women's & Gender History
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 8:00-9:00 p.m. (online)
Office: Canvas Online
Email: jcorey@calstatela.edu
Dawn Dennis, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: U.S. History, Race & Ethnicity
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: ddennis3@calstatela.edu
John Donovan, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: 20th-century U.S., Diplomatic History, History of Religion
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Mondays & Thursdays, 11:30am-12:15pm, or by appt.
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: jdonova@calstatela.edu
Franz Metcalf, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C4031 - (323) 343-2029
Email: Franz.Metcalf@calstatela.edu
Jorge Muñoz, Lecturer
Ph.D.
Field: Religious Studies
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Zoom Office Hours by Appointment
Office: Online
Email: jorge.munoz28@calstatela.edu
Timothy Paynich, Lecturer
Field: Russia, Europe, World History
Summer 2025 Office Hours: Not Teaching
Office: KH C3100B - (323) 343-2244
Email: tpaynic@calstatela.edu
Emeritus
Francisco Balderrama, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern U.S.; American West; Chicano Studies
Office: KH C3059 - (323) 343-2987
Email: fbalder@calstatela.edu
Stanley Burstein, Professor Emeritus
Field: Ancient World; Hellenistic Greece; Africa
Office: KH B4024 - (323) 343-2032
Email: sburste@calstatela.edu
Daniel Crecelius, Professor Emeritus
Field: Near East; Islamic History
Email: dcrecel@calstatela.edu
Timothy F. Harding, Professor Emeritus
Field: Latin America; Brazil; Cuba
Email: hardingtim@earthlink.net
Yuen-Sang Leung, Professor Emeritus
Field: Modern China; Chinese Immigration; U.S.-Chinese Relations
Email: yuensleung@cuhk.edu.hk
Carole Srole, Professor Emirata
Field: Modern U.S., Labor History, Gender & Women's History
Office: KH A4028 - (323) 343-2027
Email: csrole@calstatela.edu
Lilian Taiz, Professor Emirata, and CFA Board of Director
Field: U.S. Social & Cultural History
Email: ltaiz@calfac.org
Staff
Melody Singleton, Department Coordinator
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: msingle@cslanet.calstatela.edu
Jocelyne Martinez, Administrative Support Assistant
Phone: (323) 343-2020
Email: jmarti748@calstatela.edu