Student Contacts

The following individuals will be happy to answer any questions you might have about the program. The contacts are separated by area, and list the major area, minor area (when applicable), major professor, and email. If you are not sure which area you are interested in feel free to contact any individual or the members of HGSA. When you email us please reference "Purdue HGSA" in the subject line so we know you are not junk mail.

American

Megan Birk, 3rd year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Doug Hurt
Major Field: 19th century agriculture and rural
Minor Field: American women with Dr. Gabin
Email: mbirk@purdue.edu

Micah Childress, 2nd year MA
Advisor: Dr. Frank Lambert
Area of Study: American History
Area of Interest: Late Colonial and Early American Republic
E-mail: mdchildr@purdue.edu

Adam Criblez, 3rd year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. John Larson
Major Field: 19th Century American Social History
Minor Field: American Women's History
E-mail: acriblez@purdue.edu

Cori Derifield, 2nd year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Nancy Gabin
Major Field: Labor and Working Class History
Minor Field: 20th Century Rural Social History
Email: cderifie@purdue.edu

Eric Hall, 1st year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Randy Roberts
Major Field: Twentieth Century, areas of interest: Masculinity, race and sport, physical culture, American politics post 1945
Minor Field: African American History
Email: hall40@purdue.edu

Carla Hostetler, 3rd year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Nancy Gabin
Major Field: U.S. Social History after 1865
Minor Field: Modern Japan with Dr. Sally Hastings
Email: chostetl@purdue.edu

Tyler Johnson, 4th year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Robert May
Major field: U.S. Western Expansion, 1783-1861
Minor field: 19th Century Latin America and Mexico
Email: tylervjohnson@hotmail.com

Kara Kvaran, 1st year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Nancy Gabin
Major Field: 20th Century US
Minor Field: Social History
Email: geeblegee@yahoo.com

Sara Morris, 3rd year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Doug Hurt
Major Field: 20th Century Rural Social History
Minor Field: Women's History with Dr. Nancy Gabin
Email: semorris@purdue.edu

Lisa M. Penn, 2nd year MA
Major Professor: Dr. Susan Curtis
Major area: U.S. History (African American Women)
Minor area: African Diaspora
Email: lisampenn@yahoo.com

Scott Randolph, 5th year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: John Larson
Major: Business and Economic History: A Cultural Approach
Minor: American Social History
Email: srandolp@purdue.edu

Johnny Smith, 1st year PhD
Advisor: Dr. Randy Roberts
Areas of Study: Twentieth Century U.S., African American, and Sport
Email: smith600@purdue.edu

Dustin Walker, 1st year MA
Major Professor: Dr. Frank Lambert
Major Area: Colonial America and Early Republic
Email: drwalker@purdue.edu

European

Elise Dermineur, 2nd year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. James Farr
Major Field: Early Modern Europe
Minor: transnational modern women's history with Dr. Nancy Gabin
Email: edermine@purdue.edu

Jessica Nelson, 1st year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. James Farr
Major field: Early Modern Europe (France)
Minor field: Art History from the Renaissance to the Present
Email: jessjnelson@hotmail.com

Karen Sonnelitter, 1st year PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Melinda Zook
Major Field: Early Modern Europe/Britain
Minor Field: Early American history
E-mail: either ksonneli@purdue.edu or ksonnel1@yahoo.com

Christina Warner, 2nd year MA and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Melinda Zook
Major Field: Early Modern Europe
Minor Field: Colonial US
Email: cwarner@purdue.edu

Global

Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoue, 1st year MA
Major Professors: Dr. Dumett, Dr. Dorsey
Major: East African History: Modern Day Sudan
Minor: American History: African American experience
Email: krypton_35@yahoo.com

Garrett Washington, 3rd year PhD and member of HGSA
Major Professor: Dr. Sally Hastings
Major Field: Modern Japan
Minor Field: Sociology of Religion with Dr. Tithi Bhattacharya
Email: washington_garrett@yahoo.com

Adrianna Lozano, 1st year MA and member of HGSA
Major Field: Globalist focusing on Human Rights Movements and Gender
Minor field: American 1900-1980 social movements
Email: adrianna137@yahoo.com