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 | Dr. Frederick SchneidB.A. State University of New York at Binghamton, M.A. and Ph.D. Purdue University Department Chair and Herman and Louise Smith Professor of History fschneid@highpoint.edu Office: 129 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-9238 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Schneid teaches European history, 1600-1945, and specializes in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era as well as general military history. His most recent publications include European Armies of the French Revolution (2015) The French-Piedmontese Campaign of 1859 (Ufficio Storico) and The Second War of Italian Unification, 1859-1861 (Osprey). |
 | Dr. Amanda AllenB.A. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, M.T.S. Vanderbilt University, PhD in History Louisiana State UniversityAreas of Specialization: British History, particularly Early Modern England and the Reformation. Instructor of History aallen4@highpoint.edu Office:Couch 118 Phone: (336) 841-9691 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Allen focuses on British History, English Reformation Theology, and Protestant Propaganda. She published The Eucharistic Debate in Tudor England: Thomas Cranmer, Stephen Gardiner, and the English Reformation (Rowman & Littlefield) in 2018 and serves as an Executive Councilor for the Southern Conference on British Studies. |
 | Dr. Jacqueline Arthur-MontagneB.A. Department of Classics, Middlebury College, Ph.D. Department of Classics, Stanford University. Assistant Professor of History jarthurm@highpoint.edu Office: 105 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-9078 Curriculum Vitae Professor Arthur-Montagne is a scholar of social and cultural history in the Roman Empire. Professor Arthur-Montagne focuses on the intersection of history-writing and fictional narrative in the postclassical Mediterranean. |
 | Katja BrownMBA, University of Texas at Dallas Administrative Assistant for the History as well as the Religion & Philosophy Department kbrown7@highpoint.edu Office: 123 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-9691 |
 | Dr. Joey A. FinkB.A. University of Massachusetts, Boston, M.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dec 2015) Assistant Professor of History jfink@highpoint.edu Office: 103 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-9543 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Fink specializes in U.S. history, women’s/gender history, the history of labor and capitalism, and oral history theory and method. Her work has been published by Southern Spaces and in North Carolina Women, Their Lives and Times (UGA Press). She has researched and consulted for institutions such as the Southern Oral History Program and the Smithsonian Institute. |
 | Dr. Michael KennedyB.A. Seton Hall University, M.A. Rutgers University, Ph.D. LeHigh University Instructor mkennedy@highpoint.edu Office: 104 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-9080 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kennedy teaches early American History, economic and business history and popular culture. He has published Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas (Routledge) and Over the Threshold: Domestic Violence in Early America (Routledge). |
 | Dr. Philip MulderB.A. Calvin College, M.A. and Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor of History pmulder@highpoint.edu Office: 109 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-4574 Professor Mulder teaches the history of early America and the American revolutionary era in addition to survey courses. He directs senior seminar projects in these fields and in cultural and religious history, his academic specialty. He has published A Controversial Spirit: Evangelical Awakenings in the South (Oxford University Press) and is a volunteer for the literary nonprofit BookmarksNC.org. |
 | Dr. Paul RingelB.A. Princeton University, J.D. Boston College, Ph.D. Brandeis University Associate Professor of History pringel@highpoint.edu Office: 130 David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-4547 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Ringel specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of 19th century America. In addition to US History surveys, he teaches on the Civil War and American legal history. His book, Commercializing Childhood: The Children's Magazine Industry and American Gentility, 1823-1918 is forthcoming from the University of Massachusetts Press. Recently, he presented "The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of Boston's Royal Rooters: A Study in Public Memory, Fandom, and Masculinity." |
 | Cameron ZinsouCurrent Ph.D. Candidate Mississippi State University M.A., B.A. University of North Texas Visiting Instructor of History czinsou@highpoint.edu Office:123-B David Hayworth Hall Phone: (336) 841-4533 Curriculum Vitae Professor Zinsou is a scholar of military history. His research is focused on World War II, specifically daily life, civil/military relations, and occupation in southern France. Zinsou's work has been featured in The New York Times and the National World War II Museum. |
