Faculty
Our people are what make our department special. We are at the forefront of our respective research fields. We teach the history we study and write about. We work alongside our students. And we are part of the local community, bringing history to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. See who we are and what we do.
Dominique Brégent-Heald
Professor
Office: A-4013
Telephone: (709) 864-8430
Email: dbheald@mun.ca
Research Interests: U.S. film history; North American borders, borderlands and frontiers; Comparative history of the North American West; U.S. culture history and popular culture; U.S.-Canadian relations; tourism. More Info
Sean Cadigan
Professor
Office: HH-1021A
Telephone: (709) 864-4898
Email: scadigan@mun.ca
Research Interests: Newfoundland and Labrador history; Atlantic Canadian history; Social and ecological history. More Info
Justin Fantauzzo
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Office: A-4014
Telephone: (709) 864-2128
Email: jfantauzzo@mun.ca
Research Interests: First World War; War and Society; Military History; The British Empire at War; Wartime Cultural Encounters; Modern Middle East, Medical History. More Info
Neil Kennedy
Associate Professor
Office: HH-1004
Telephone: (709) 864-8968
Email: nkennedy@mun.ca
Research Interests: 17th century Bermuda and the Caribbean; Atlantic island ecologies; Plantation societies/archaeology; Slavery and Emancipation; Early Modern Americas; Sensory history. More Info
Michael D. Kirkpatrick
Associate Professor
Office: A-4015
Telephone: (709) 864-6109
Email: mkirkpatrick@mun.ca
Research Interests: 19th and 20th century Guatemala and Latin America; urban history; modernity; consumer culture; capitalism More Info
Kurt Korneski
Professor
Office: HH-1005
Telephone: (709) 864-3091
Email: kkornesk@mun.ca
Research Interests: Canadian history; Colonialism; Transnationalism; Migration. More Info
Alessio Ponzio
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: A-4003
Telephone: (709) 864-8439
Email: aponzio@mun.ca
Research Interests: Alessio Ponzio holds a Ph.D. in History and Politics from Universitá Roma Tre and a second Ph.D. in Women's Studies and History from the University of Michigan. He is the author of several articles and two books on youth education in fascist regimes, gender, and sexuality. More Info
Sébastien Rossignol
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Office: A-4009
Telephone: (709) 864-2602
Email: srossignol@mun.ca
Research Interests: Medieval European history; pragmatic literacy; urban history; intercultural contacts in Central Europe. More Info
John Sandlos
Professor
Office: A-1022
Telephone: (709) 864-2429
Email: jsandlos@mun.ca
Research Interests: Environmental history; Canadian history; The Canadian North; Aboriginal people and conservation; History of wildlife management and national parks; Mining in Northern Canada; Environmental aesthetics and ideas. More Info
Jeff Webb
Professor and Head
Office: A-4019
Telephone: (709) 864-8420
Email: Jeff.Webb@mun.ca
Research Interests: History of Newfoundland and Labrador; History of Cultural Institutions; History of Social Societies and the Humanities. More Info
Cross-Appointed Faculty
James (Jim) Connor
John Clinch Professor of Medical Humanities and History of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Email: jconnor@mun.ca
Phone: (709) 864-3340
Jennifer Connor
Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Email: jennifer.connor@med.mun.ca
Phone: (709) 864-3336
Professors Emeritus
James (Jim) K. Hiller
Honorary Research Professor and University Research Professor
Email: jhiller@mun.ca
Office: A-1021A
Phone: 709-864-8435
Robert Sweeny
Email: rsweeny@mun.ca
Office: A-1019
Telephone: (709) 864-8435
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Honorary Research Professors
Valerie Burton
Email: vburton@mun.ca
Office: HH-1006
Telephone: (709) 864-8433
Historians at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Rainer Baehre
Professor
Email: rbaehre@grenfell.mun.ca
Office: AS332J
Phone: (709) 637-6278
Edwin Bezzina
Associate Professor
Email: ebezzina@grenfell.mun.ca
Office: AS322T
Phone: (709) 637-2191
Kelly Anne Butler
Per Course Instructor
Email: kbutler@grenfell.mun.ca
Office: AS278A
Phone: (709) 639-4606
Bonnie White
Associate Professor and Program Chair
Email: bjwhite@grenfell.mun.ca
Office: AS332Q
Phone: (709) 639-6519
Carol King (affiliated)
Associate Professor, Classics
Email: cking@grenfell.mun.ca
Office: AS332C
Phone: (709) 639-6563
James G. Greenlee
Professor Emeritus
Email: jgreenlee@grenfell.mun.ca
Phone: (709) 388-0548
Olaf Janzen
Professor Emeritus
Email: olaf@grenfell.mun.ca