Back Row (left to right): Lawrence Williams, Marv Slind, Victoria Christman, Robert Christman
Middle Row: Brian Caton, Gregg Narber, Richard Mtisi
Front Row: Edward Tebbenhoff, Jacqueline Wilkie,


Edward Tebbenhoff
Edward Tebbenhoff

early America, social history, historical methods, museum studies

Department Chair

  • Associate Professor of History, at Luther since 1994
  • B.A., Duquesne University
  • M.A., Duquesne University
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota
  • Koren 210, #1691


Brian Caton
[Brian Caton]

East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, environmental history
  • Assistant Professor of History, at Luther since 2003
  • B.A., College of William and Mary
  • M.A., University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Koren 201, #2119


Robert Christman
[Robert Christman]

German Reformation, late medieval and early modern Europe, Rome

  • Assistant Professor of History, at Luther since 2005
  • B.A., Boston University
  • M.A., University of Arizona
  • Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • Koren 207, #2137


Victoria Christman
[Victoria Christman]

early modern Europe, Low Countries, Reformation, Inquisition

  • Assistant Professor of History, at Luther since 2005
  • B.A., Harvard University
  • M.A., University of Arizona
  • Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • Koren 205, #1071


Richard Mtisi
[Richard Mtisi]

African history, Latin America and the Caribbean, African diaspora, and environmental history
  • Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History, at Luther since 2005
  • B.A., Hons. University of Zimbabwe
  • M.A., University of Zimbabwe
  • Ph.D. Candidate, University of Iowa
  • Koren 210, #1264


Gregg R. Narber
[Gregg Narber]

Latin America, modern America, women and gender
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of History, at Luther since 2007
  • B.A., Grinnell College
  • M.A., J.D., Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
  • Koren 203, #1297


Marvin G. Slind
[Marvin G. Slind]

Scandinavia, Germany, modern Europe
  • Associate Professor of History, at Luther since 2000
  • B.A., Pacific Lutheran University
  • M.A., Washington State University
  • Ph.D., Washington State University
  • Koren 202, #1155


Jacqueline Wilkie
[Jacqueline and Miles Wilkie]

social history, women, modern America, museum studies

  • Professor of History, at Luther since 1987
  • B.A., College of Saint Rose
  • M.A., Northeastern University
  • D.A., Carnegie-Mellon University
  • Koren 205, #1369


Lawrence Williams
[Lawrence Williams]

Africana studies, African-American history

  • Professor of Africana Studies and History, at Luther since 1985
  • A.B., Kentucky State University
  • M. Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • M.A., University of Iowa
  • Ph.D., University of Iowa
  • Koren 204, #1158


Emeriti

John R. Christianson
John R. Christianson

Scandinavia, early modern Europe, Tycho Brahe
  • Professor Emeritus of History, at Luther 1967 - 1996
  • B.A., Mankato State University
  • M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota


Richard Cole
[Richard Cole]

Renaissance and Reformation studies, Russian-Soviet history, Italy, Germany

  • Professor Emeritus of History, at Luther 1964 - 2005
  • B.A., Eastern New Mexico University
  • M.A., University of Iowa
  • Ph.D., Ohio State University


Norma Hervey
[Norma Hervey]

American history, community studies, ethnic history, immigration history, East European and Russian history
  • Professor Emerita of History, at Luther 1988 - 2006
  • B.A., University of Akron
  • M.L.S., State University of New York, Geneseo
  • M.A., St. Bonaventure University
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota
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