Faculty
Our dedicated History faculty regularly collaborate with other scholars and cultural organizations at UMaine and beyond. We have expertise in a range of historical periods, subjects, and methods and maintain a strong commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and community engagement. Please click on the profiles below for information about individual faculty members. Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from close interaction with faculty and classmates in our courses with low faculty-student ratios.
Joel Anderson
Associate Professor of History
Research areas: Medieval, Nordic, Religious History
joel.anderson@maine.edu
207.581.1915
Samuel Backer
Assistant Professor of History
Research areas: U.S. History, Computational Humanities, Digital/Public History, History of Capitalism
samuel.backer@maine.edu
207.581.1194
Mary T. Freeman
Associate Professor of New England History
Research areas: 19th Century United States, New England, Slavery & Abolition, Women’s and Gender History, Public History, Journal Maine History
mary.t.freeman@maine.edu
207.581.1914
Michael Lang
Associate Professor of History
Research areas: Modern Europe, Intellectual History, Germany
lang@maine.edu
207.581.1964
Mark J. McLaughlin
Associate Professor of History and Canadian Studies; Graduate Coordinator
Research areas: Canada, Environmental History, Northeast Borderlands, Comics Studies
mark.j.mcLaughlin@maine.edu
207.581.2028
Stephen M. Miller
Colonel James C. McBride Distinguished Professor
Research areas: Great Britain, South Africa, Military History, Imperialism
stephen.miller@maine.edu
207.581.1905
Asif Nawaz
Senior Lecturer of History and International Affairs
Research areas: 20th Century Pakistan/India, Terrorism, Middle East, International Affairs, Military History
asif.nawaz@maine.edu
207.581.1911
Gabriel Paquette
Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird Professor of History
Research areas: Europe, Latin America, Age of Revolutions, Intellectual History
Micah Pawling
Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies
Research areas: Indigenous America, Northeast Borderlands, 20th Century U.S., Canada, Public History
micah.pawling@maine.edu
207.581.1424
Kara A. Peruccio
Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and History
Research areas: Women’s Movements, Modern Middle East, 20th Century Mediterranean, Cultural History
kara.peruccio@maine.edu
207.581.1920
Liam Riordan
Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird Professor of History and Department Chair
Research areas: American Revolution, Atlantic World, Northeast Borderlands, Public History
riordan@maine.edu
207.581.1913
207.581.1923
Affiliated Faculty
Collaborative Graduate Faculty
Robert Bernheim
Assistant Professor of History, University of Maine at Augusta
Rebecca White
Assistant Professor of History, University of Maine at Augusta
Adjunct Faculty
Emeriti
Richard Blanke
Professor Emeritus
Mazie (Mary L.) Hough
Emerita Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
207.581.1194
William H. TeBrake
Professor Emeritus