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Faculty



John Barrington
Professor of History, Department Chair
B.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., College of William and Mary.
Colonial America, Latin America
E-mail: john.barrington@furman.edu
     


T. Lloyd Benson
Walter Kenneth Mattison Professor of History
A.A., Empire State College, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Nineteenth Century United States, American Regions, Humanities, Computing
E-mail: lloyd.benson@furman.edu





Erik Ching
Professor of History, Herman N. Hipp Chair (2003-2006)
B.A., Pacific Lutheran University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.
Modern Latin America, Africa
E-mail: erik.ching@furman.edu
     


Carolyn Day
Assistant Professor of History
B.A. (History), B.S. (Microbiology), Louisiana State University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, UK.; Ph.D., Tulane University
E-mail: carolyn.day@furman.edu


 

Tim Fehler
Director of Undergraduate Research & Internships, Professor of History
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Early Modern Europe, Poverty and Social Welfare, Germany, Renaissance and Reformation, British Isles
E-mail: timothy.fehler@furman.edu





Jason Hansen
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Modern Germany, Nationalism, Cartography
E-mail: jason.hansen@furman.edu






Lane Harris
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Drake University; M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Republican Chinese History
E-mail:  lane.harris@furman.edu





Jim Leavell
Herring Professor of Asian Studies, Emeritus
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Duke University.
Japan, China
E-mail: jim.leavell@furman.edu





Wendy Matsumura
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., New York University.
Modern Japanese History, Japanese Agrarianism, The New Left
E-mail: wendy.matsumura@furman.edu
     
 

Savita Nair
Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies
B.A., Carnegie Mellon University;  M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Modern South Asia; Indian Ocean History; Gender, Diaspora, and Ethnicity, and Nationalism
E-mail: savita.nair@furman.edu
     

Steve O'Neill
Director of The Huff Center, Professor of History
B.A., Furman University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Modern South
E-mail: steve.oneill@furman.edu





David Shi
Furman University President (1994-2010)
B.A., Furman University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.
E-mail: david.shi@furman.edu





Cengiz Sisman
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Bogazici University, Istanbul; M.A., Temple University; Ph.D., Harvard University.
Modern Middle East, Ottoman and Turkish Jewish Studies, Sufism - Kabbalah, Sabbateanism and Donmes, Anti-Sabbateanism, Anti-Semitism - Anti-Westernism - Rise of Islamism
E-mail: cengiz.sisman@furman.edu





David Spear
William E. Leverette, Jr. Professor of History
B.A. Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.
Medieval Europe, Ancient History 
E-mail: david.spear@furman.edu
     
   
Marian Strobel
William Montgomery Burnett Professor of History
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Women's History, Modern United States History, African-American History
E-mail: marian.strobel@furman.edu
     


Courtney Tollison
Assistant Professor of History
Upcountry History Museum Historian
B.A. Furman University, M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina; Graduate Certificate - University of South Carolina (Women's Studies)
Post-1865 United States History, Civil Rights, Women's History, Oral History, History of Furman University  
E-mail: courtney.tollison@furman.edu





Diane Vecchio
Professor of History
B.A., State University of New York; M.A. PhD., Syracuse University.
American Social and Cultural History, European Women, Immigration and Ethnicity, European Women's History 
E-mail: diane.vecchio@furman.edu




Staff


Carolyn Sims
Department Assistant
864-294-2182
E-mail: carolyn.sims@furman.edu


Missy Hammer
Department Assistant
864-294-2168
E-mail: melissa.hammer@furman.edu

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