{"id":25,"date":"2017-06-29T18:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/history\/people\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:09:57","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/history\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"History Department Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Department Secretary<\/strong>
\nPatricia Lerner
\n224 Warner Hall
\n(203) 837-8484
\nemail: lernerp@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Full-time Faculty<\/p>\n

Katherine Allocco<\/a> (Associate Chair for the Spring 2026 semester only)<\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2004)
\nMedieval and Early Modern Europe, Gender and Sexuality
\n215 Warner Hall
\n(203) 837-8482
\nalloccok@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer Nugent Duffy<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., New York University, 2008)
\nModern U.S., Ethnicity, Urban and Suburban History, Irish-American History
\n202 Warner Hall
\n(203) 837-3283
\n duffyj@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(Department Chair- except for the Spring 2026 semester)<\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002)
\nAsia (especially Vietnam and China), Historiography, Intellectual History
\n221 Warner Hall
\n(203) 837-8565
\nwilcoxw@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin R. C. Gutzman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1999; J.D. University of Texas School of Law, 1990)
\nAmerican Revolution\/Early Republic\/Constitutional
\n222 Warner Hall
\n(203) 837-8455
\ngutzmank@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Leslie Lindenauer<\/a><\/b>
\n(Ph.D., NYU, 1997)
\nEarly America, Women, History of the Body, Public History, History of Religion
\n218 Warner Hall
\nPhone: (203) 837-9046
\nlindenauerl@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael E. Nolan<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2001)
\nModern France and Germany
\n223 Warner Hall
\nPhone: (203) 837-8483
\nnolanm@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Joshua M. Rosenthal<\/a><\/b>
\n(Ph.D., Columbia University, 2001)
\nLatin America (especially Colombia)
\n216 Warner Hall
\nPhone: (203) 837-8449
\nrosenthalj@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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2024 Macricostas Endowed Teaching Fellow in Hellenic and Greek Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Simeon Ehrlich<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

(PhD., Stanford University)<\/span><\/div>\n
Ancient History and Classical archeology<\/span><\/div>\n
Warner Hall 214<\/div>\n
(203) 837-8484<\/div>\n
\n

ehrlichs@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty Emeriti<\/p>\n

Faculty Emeriti can be reached by contacting the department office at (203) 837-8484.<\/p>\n

David Detzer<\/strong>
\n(PhD, University of Connecticut, 1970)
\nUnited States<\/p>\n

Martha (Marcy) May<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton, 1984)
\nModern United States, Women and Gender
\n220 Warner Hall
\nPhone: (203) 837-8481
\nmaym@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Kenneth Young<\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., NYU, 1970)
\nBurma, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Diplomacy, US Foreign Relations<\/p>\n

Part-time Faculty<\/p>\n

All part-time faculty members can be reached at: (203) 837-8484.\u00a0 See the Department Secretary for office locations.<\/p>\n

Amy A. Campanaro<\/strong>
\n(MA, Albany, 2002)
\nUnited States
\ncampanaroa@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

George Coleman<\/strong>
\n(MS, Teacher’s College, Columbia, 1977)
\nAfrican-American
\ncolemang@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephen T. Flanagan<\/strong>
\n(MA, Western Connecticut, 1984; MA St. John’s NY, 1996)
\nUnited States
\nflanagans@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew Glassman<\/strong>
\n(Ph.D., Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, 2019)
\nglassmanm@wcsu.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Danielle King<\/strong>
\n(Ed.D., CCSU 2025<\/span>)
\nAfrikan American Studies, Literature, Art, and Culture from the Diaspora, Race, Gender, and Migration<\/span>
\nkingd@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Maryann Rossi<\/strong>
\n(PhD, St. Louis, 1983; Assistant Dean of Professional Studies)
\nEarly US, material culture, historic preservation
\nrossim@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Susann M. Walens<\/strong>
\n(PhD, Union Institute, 1994)
\nUnited States, criminology, oral history
\nwalenss@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

In Memoriam<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dr Abubakr Saad<\/strong>
\nProfessor of History
\n1996-2020<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dr Burt Peretti <\/strong>
\nProfessor of History
\n1998-2013<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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