Current Students

The History Department is proudly home to cohorts of Ph.D. and M.A. students who specialize in an array of historical topics. Information about these students, their focuses, and faculty advisers can be found below. Please note that students opted into displaying their information on this page, so it does not represent a complete list of USF history graduate students. Want to get involved in our fantastic community of graduate students? Check out the History Department Graduate Student Organization.

Ph.D. Students

Name	Focus	Advisor(s)
Adkins, Christopher David CV	20th Century US History, Dogs	Connolly, Brian
Benner, Douglas	America Pre-1877	Connolly, Brian
Brittman, Edward	America Post-1877	Irwin, Julia
Costello, Angela CV	Digital Humanities/Public History; Ancient and Medieval History; Material Culture and Dress History	Tanasi, Davide
Davison, Michelle	Early America, Digital Pedagogy	Levy, Philip
Donahue-Farrell, Bridget CV	Early America, New England History, Public History, Memory	Levy, Philip
Ferro, Ryan C. CV	Global Communism, Modern China, Sino-Soviet Relations.	Boterbloem, Kees
Garis, Bishoy	Medieval History, The Fatimid Caliphate	Fontaine, Darcie King, Matt
Harris, Charles B. CV	19th and 20th Century US History, Naval History, Gilded Age/Progressive Era, Gender and Militarization	Irwin, Julia
Hassam, Stephan CV	Roman Sicily; Digital Archaeology	Tanasi, Davide
Hom, Ryan CV	Ancient Greece, War and Society, Classical Reception	Tanasi, Davide
Horan, Patrick J. CV	Modern European History, Irish History, Transatlantic History	Ottanelli, Fraser
Jünke, Sarah	Early America	Levy, Philip
Kingsland, Kaitlyn CV	Digital Humanities, World I, Archaeogaming	Tanasi, Davide
Kraft, Madeleine	Digital Archaeology and Roman Empire	Tanasi, Davide
Lipsey, Hanna CV	20th Century U.S. History; Animal History	Irwin, Julia Prince, K. Stephen
Miller, Scott CV	20th Century American History, The Cold War	Irwin, Julia
Old, Jason	Modern Latin America	Irwin, Julia Novoa, Adriana
Pack, Paula	20th Century US History, History of Children and Youth	Irwin, Julia Fontaine, Darcie Johnson, David
Ponticos, Douglas	19th and 20th Century US, Environmental History, Florida History	Prince, K. Stephen
Rios, Urian CV	Cold War, The “Long Sixties"	Fontaine, Darcie
Scapicchio, Alaina CV	Public History, Early America, Memory & Commemoration	Levy, Philip
Strawbridge, Michael	Late Antiquity, Donatism, Roman North Africa	King, Matt
Swierczynski, Michael	Early Modern	Boterbloem, Kees
White, Wesley CV	20th Century U.S. History; Space Race	Irwin, Julia
Youngberg, Kevin R.	19th Century US Political, Religious, and Southern History; American Civil War and Reconstruction	Prince, K. Stephen
Zimmerman, Jr., Don	Freemasonry in Jim Crow Florida	Prince, K. Stephen

M.A. Students

Name	Focus	Advisor(s)
Davis, Tami	Post-Civil War, Reconstruction Era American History	Prince, K. Stephen
Gore, Samuel "Dale"	US History from 1877-2001, US War and Society from 1890-2001, Navalism and American Foreign Policy	Irwin, Julia Prince, K. Stephen
Greene, James "JP" CV	Russia and the Soviet Union, Jewish History, Freemasonry	Boterbloem, Kees
Kohn, Bryan CV	Graeco-Roman Archaeology and History, Digital Archaeology	Murray, William
Rasmussen, Holden CV	Floridiana; 19th Century American Cultural History	Connnolly, Brian
Silva, Adiel CV	Modern Latin America; 20th Century Cuba	Novoa, Adriana
Vernon, Reagan CV	Medieval History	King, Matt
Whittingslow, Juliana CV	Ancient Greek and Roman Archaeology; Digital Archaeology	Tanasi, Davide