Archives: Staff Members

Dr. Jaipreet Virdi is a historian of medicine, technology, and disability. She received her M.A. (2008) and Ph.D. (2014) from the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and… Read More

Alison M. Parker is Chair and Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware. She double majored in art history and history at the University of California, Berkeley… Read More

Lowell Duckert received his B.A. from Western Washington University (2004), his M.A. from Arizona State University (2007), and his Ph.D. from The George Washington University (2012). He specializes in early… Read More

Mary Bowden specializes in British literature of the long nineteenth century, focusing particularly on environmental topics. Her current book project, “Plant Plots: Plant Science and British Narrative, 1800-1910” explores how… Read More

Rebecca L. Davis is an associate professor of history and holds a joint appointment in the department of women and gender studies. She specializes in U.S. history since the Civil… Read More

Professor Jessica L. Horton is a scholar of modern and contemporary art, specializing in Native American politics, globalization, and environmental justice. Her courses span global contemporary, American, and Indigenous topics,… Read More

Laura Helton specializes in American literature and history of the twentieth century with an emphasis on African American print culture and public humanities. Her research and teaching interests include archival… Read More

Tom Rocek is an archaeologist specializing in the United States Southwest. His research has included studies of historical Navajo settlements on the Navajo Nation (Navajo Multi-Household Social Units: Archaeology on… Read More

Zara Anishanslin specializes in Early American and Atlantic World History, with a focus on eighteenth-century material culture. Anishanslin received her PhD in the History of American Civilization at the University… Read More

Cindy Ott is an associate professor in the history department at UD. Her fields of study include food and culture, U.S. environmental history, material and visual culture, and race and… Read More