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Graduate Students
The History Department is proudly home to cohorts of Ph.D. and M.A. students who specialize in an array of historical topics. Information about these students, their focuses, and faculty advisers can be found below. Please note that students opted into displaying their information on this page, so it does not represent a complete list of USF history graduate students. Want to get involved in our fantastic community of graduate students? Check out the History Department Graduate Student Organization.
Ph.D. Program
- Americas
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Name |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
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Sofia Almeida |
P. Levy |
Bones of Contention: Commemoration and the Washington Family Burial Ground |
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Ronald Arbisi |
D. Johnson |
"A Consumers' Insurgency: Consumer Culture, Counterinsurgency, and the Failure of the War on Drugs." |
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Tollie Banker |
E. Mauldin |
The Progressive's Horse: The Equine's Greatest Chapter |
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Douglas Benner |
B. Connolly |
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Tiffany Edwards |
D. Johnson |
鈥橴nless Cleared by his Doctor鈥�: Psychiatry and Religion in Cold War era LGBT Purges in Higher Education |
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Morgan Greig |
J. Francis |
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Zachary Kuntz |
A. Novoa |
Weaponizing the War of Ideas: The U.S. and the Soviet Union in Cold War Ecuador, 1945-1980 |
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Ummul Muhseneen |
P. Levy |
Bangladesh Defined: Remembering Mass Atrocity |
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Bernadette Mustacchio |
D. Johnson |
Fending Off Weight: Fen-Phen, the Thin Ideal, and Choice Feminism in the U.S., 1980-1990s |
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Alissa Roy |
P. Levy |
What, Who, and How Do We Remember and Forget: Commemoration and Sexual Violence in
the U.S.
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Rachel Sanderson |
F. Ramos |
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Alaina Scapicchio |
P. Levy |
Under Salem鈥檚 Spell: Enchantment and Commemoration in America鈥檚 Witch City |
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Michael Steimle |
D. Johnson |
To the Vanquished go the Spoils: Nationalism and Race in WWII Prison Camps in the American South |
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Sara White |
P. Levy |
Shifting Impressions: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Public Memory |
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Wesley White |
D. Johnson |
Americans! From! Space!: The United States and the Development of a National Space-Age Culture |
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Kimberly Woodward |
B. Connolly |
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April Young |
D. Johnson |
Nothing Comes Between: A History of Women鈥檚 Fashion, Blue Jeans, and New Markets in late 20th Century |
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Gabriela Zaicaner |
B. Connolly |
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- World History to 1500
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Name |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
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Angela Costello |
D. Tanasi |
Vestitus Auctoritate: Visual Representations of Power in Late Antique Sicily |
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Kevin Gallagher |
D. Tanasi |
Freed Men: Social Mobility and Economic Opportunity for Former Slaves in Roman Malta |
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Sarah Hassam |
D. Tanasi |
Roman Women in Performance: The Social Significance of Mimae and Gladiatrices and the Chronological Distribution of their Evidence from Republic to Empire |
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Ryan Hom |
D. Tanasi |
A 危喂魏蔚位委伪 Way of War: The Cultural Development of Warfare and Militarized Landscapes in Greek Sicily from 800 to 238 BCE. |
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Madeleine Kraft |
D. Tanasi |
Religious Syncretism and Co-Production: Novel Methods for Exploring the Catacombs of Roman Sicily and Malta, 3rd-6th Centuries CE |
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Bronte Phillips |
D. Tanasi |
Virtual Repatriation and the Afterlives of Cypriot Antiquities: Cesnola, U.S. Museums, and the Colonial Legacies of Collecting |
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Lisa Shorts |
D. Tanasi |
The Roman Receipt of Greek Medicine: Cultural Exchange, Adaptation, and Transformation in the Ancient Mediterranean |
- World History since 1500
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First |
Major Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
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Ann Abney |
J. Knight |
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Sean Carlson |
K. Boterbloem |
Managing Armageddon: American Control of Western Nuclear Policy and Capabilities, 1945 - 1972 |
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Gregory Celestan |
K. Boterbloem |
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Kiley Fuller |
K. Boterbloem |
Infecting a Nation: Britain鈥檚 Extreme Right, Political Realignment, and the Making of a Gender Crisis, 1967-1991 |
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Mohammad Shafayet Habib Khan |
B. Carnaghi |
British imperialism in India and Indian society and politics under British rule |
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Rachel Stanton |
K. Boterbloem |
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M.A. Program
- Americas
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Name |
Major Advisor |
Project Title |
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Yoel Benhabib |
F. Ramos |
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Logan Cappuccilli |
B. Connolly |
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Michael Charles |
P. Levy |
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Tami Davis |
C. Yacovazzi |
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Rachel Justice |
P. Levy |
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Erin McQueary |
B. Connolly |
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Dennis Moore |
E. Mauldin |
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Holden Rasmussen |
B. Connolly |
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Hannah Rice |
K. Burke |
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Jordan Saunders |
F. Ramos |
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Adis Silva |
P. Levy |
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Danielle Thurston |
P. Levy |
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Jonathan Zarzuela |
K. Burke |
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- World History to 1500
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Name |
Major Advisor |
Project Title |
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Amanda Aklan |
D. Tanasi |
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Glorya Blair |
D. Tanasi |
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Emelia Brzakala |
D. Tanasi |
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Madison Fidler |
D. Tanasi |
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Alexander Iwicki |
D. Tanasi |
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Elissia Laporte |
D. Tanasi |
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Donald Wiant |
D. Tanasi |
- World History since 1500
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Name |
Major Advisor |
Project Title |
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Justin Christenson |
K. Boterbloem |
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Jason Giese |
K. Boterbloem |
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Cristian Gonzalez |
M. King |
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Ian McKinney |
K. Boterbloem |
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Caitlyn Seibert |
K. Boterbloem |
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Updated Fall 2025