History

http://web.utk.edu/~history/

Ernest Freeberg, Head

Professors
Burman, T.E., PhD – Toronto (Canada)
Feller, D., PhD – Wisconsin
Freeberg, E., PhD – Emory
Higgs, C.A., PhD – Yale
Liulevicius, V.G., PhD – Pennsylvania
Norrell, R.J. (Bernadotte Schmitt Professor), PhD – Virginia
Rubenstein, J., PhD – California (Berkeley)

Associate Professors
Bast, R.J., PhD – Arizona
Black, C., PhD – New Mexico
Black, M., PhD – Virginia
Block, K., PhD – Rutgers
Dessel, J.P., PhD – Arizona
Magra, C., PhD – Pittsburgh
Nenzi, L., PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Phillips, D., PhD – Harvard
Sacco, L., PhD – Southern California

Assistant Professors
Andersen, M., PhD – Iowa
Harlow, L., PhD – Rice
Latham, J., PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Olsson, T., PhD – Georgia (Athens)
Reed, J., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Sanft, C., PhD – Muenster (Germany)
Vacca, A., PhD – Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Williams, S., PhD – Rutgers
Wu, S., PhD – Princeton

The department’s program is designed to provide students with a knowledge of their cultural traditions and of their world, past and present, and thus to prepare them for the responsibilities of citizenship in today’s complex society. Students take history courses to develop their skills in thinking, reading, writing and speaking; to understand the links between past, present and future; and to assist them in their search for personal identity.

The department welcomes non-majors in its courses. Few history courses have formal prerequisites.