History Faculty and Staff

History Faculty

Prof. Arash Khazeni
Arash Khazeni
Professor of History; Chair of History; Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies
Angelina Chin
Angelina Chin
Professor of History; Co-Coordinator of Asian Studies
Pey-Yi Chu
Pey-Yi Chu
Associate Professor of History
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Megan Gilbert
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
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Josh Hodil
Westergaard Postdoctoral Fellow in History
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Sergio Maldonado
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
April Mayes
April J. Mayes
Senior Associate Dean of the College; Warren Day Professor of History
Preston McBride
Preston McBride
Assistant Professor of History; On leave for the 2025-2026 academic year
Professor Char Miller at Skyspace at Pomona College
Char Miller
Director of Environmental Analysis; W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History; On leave Spring 2026
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Nicolette Rohr
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Tomás F. Summers Sandoval
Tomás F. Summers Sandoval
Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies; Coordinator of American Studies; Coordinator of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
Ousmane Traoré
Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré
Associate Professor of History and Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies
Samuel Yamashita
Samuel H. Yamashita
Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History; On leave Spring 2026

History Affiliated Faculty

Prof. Benjamin Keim
Benjamin D. Keim
Associate Professor of Classics; Vice Chair of Classics
Prof. Ken Wolf
Kenneth Baxter Wolf
Professor of Classics and John Sutton Miner Professor of History; Chair of the Faculty; Coordinator of Late Antique-Medieval Studies; On leave Spring 2026

History Emeriti Faculty

Gary Kates
Gary Kates
Emeritus Professor of History
Sidney Lemelle
Sidney J. Lemelle
Emeritus Professor of History and Africana Studies
Miguel Tinker Salas
Miguel R. Tinker Salas
Emeritus Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
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Robert Woods
Emeritus Professor of History

History Staff

Gina Brown-Pettay
Gina Brown-Pettay
Academic Coordinator of History, German and Russian