History Faculty
The Department of History Faculty is comprised of outstanding teacher scholars. They regularly present their research around the world and appear in print, on radio, television and podcasts. See individual faculty web pages, listed under each entry below, for more details of faculty publications and professional achievements.
C. BRID NICHOLSON, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair
Area of Interest: American, Irish, Women's History.
Contact: cnichols@kean.edu
Courses Taught:
- HIST 3326: History of New Jersey
- HIST 3341: America in the 1920's
- HIST 3363 America in the 1960's
- HIST 3329 History of Religion in America
- HIST 3274 Ireland 1801 - Present
FRANK ARGOTE-FREYRE, Ph.D., Professor, Assistant Chair
Area of Interest: Latin American History
Contact: fargotef@kean.edu
Courses Taught:
- Colonial Latin America
- Immigration in the United States
- Modern Latin America
XURONG KONG, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Classical Chinese Literature and Culture, Chinese Painting, Modern Chinese Culture
Contact: xkong@kean.edu
Courses Taught:
- HIST 4100 Confucius and His Legacy
- AS 3416 Chinese Popular Culture and Film
- AS 2000 Introduction to Asian Studies
JAMIE H. PELLING, Ph.D., EIA Post Doctoral Fellow
Area of Interest: Gender, Sexuality, and the State in the Middle East
Contact: jpelling@kean.edu
Courses Taught:
- ID 1300 Intro to Women's and Gender Studies
- HIST 4000 History of the Modern Middle East
- HIST 4000 History of Sexuality
ABIGAIL PERKISS, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: 20th Century US History, Oral and Public History, African American History, Legal history
Contact: aperkiss@kean.edu
Courses Taught:
- HIST 3301: Public History II
- HIST 3305: Pre-1900 Black History
- HIST 3306: 20th Century Black History
- HIST 4321: American Liberty and Law
- HIST 4875: Emergence of Law in Society
BRIAN REGAL, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Interest: History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Contact: bregal@kean.edu | (908) 737-5316
Courses Taught:
- HIST 3321 Introduction to the History of Medicine
- HIST 3852 Introduction to the History of Science
- HIST 3853 Charles Darwin: A Life and Times
- HIST 3854 History of Pseudoscience in America
- HIST 4251 History of the Book
NICOLE L. SCHROEDER, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Early American History, Disability History, Disability Studies
Contact: nschroed@kean.edu | (908) 737-5311
Courses Taught:
- HIST 2303 - US History to 1877
- HIST 3990 - Junior Seminar
- HIST 4000 - Disability Histories
- HIST 4317 - Colonial America
- HIST 4323 - The New Nation
ELIZABETH HYDE, Ph.D., Professor
Areas of Interest: European, Renaissance, Botany
Contact: ehyde@kean.edu
JOHNATHAN MERCANTINI, Ph.D., Professor
Area of Interest: Colonial and Revolutionary America, New Jersey History, the American South
Contact: jmercant@kean.edu