History Faculty

DOUGLAS A. O´ROARK
Associate Professor of History
email: oroark@mesastate.edu

B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Ancient History), The Ohio State University. Dr. O´Roark specializes in the social history of the Greek, Roman, and Early Byzantine cultures. One of his research interests is Classical Archaeology, and he has worked at a variety of sites in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to Western Civilization survey courses, Dr. O´Roark teaches the following upper-division history courses: Ancient Mediterranean World, Classical Archaeology, Early and Medieval Christianity, Medieval Europe, Medieval Eastern Europe and Russia, Renaissance and Reformation, History of the Islamic World, and Senior Seminar. Dr. O´Roark also teaches honors courses in Western Civilization and Fifth Century Athens.

PAUL L. REDDIN
Professor of History
email: preddin@mesastate.edu

B.A., Adams State College; MA, Ph.D. (History), University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Reddin´s main interests and areas of specialization are the American West and 19th century social and intellectual history. He is the author of Wild West Shows and is currently researching topics on the American West and sports history. Dr. Reddin teaches U.S. History survey courses, research classes, Colorado History, Civil War and Reconstruction, Age of Industry, and Modern America.

STEVEN C. SCHULTE
Professor of History
email: schulte@mesastate.edu

B.S., University of Wisconsin--River Falls (1977); MA, Colorado State University (1979); Ph.D., University of Wyoming (1984). Dr. Schulte´s research interests are American Indian history, the American West, western politics, and American environmental history. He is the author of Wayne
Aspinall and the Shaping of the American West (University Press of Colorado, 2002). He teaches freshman level courses in US History and the following upper division classes: The American West, American Indians, Environmental History, Public History, and senior research seminars.

C. ELIZABETH PROPES
Assistant Professor of History
email: epropes@mesastate.edu

M.A., University of Illinois in Russian and Soviet History; Ph.D., University of Mississippi (2003). Her current research interests focus on antimilitarism, nationalism and citizenship in France 1870-1914. Dr. Propes' areas of interest more generally include the European continent during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the development of European culture since the late Middle Ages. In addition to surveys and upper-division courses on Modern Europe, Dr. Propes will also offer courses on Africa and Asia. More importanty, she loves dogs (especially beagles) and modern art.

SARAH L. SWEDBERG
Assistant Professor of History
email: sswedber@mesastate.edu

B.A., SUNY-Plattsburgh; MA, Ph.D., Northeastern University. Dr. Swedberg´s research interests are Early American history, the American Revolution, US Women´s history, women´s and gender Studies, American social and cultural history. She teaches freshman level courses in US History and upper level courses in Colonial America, the American Revolution, US Women´s History, Women in Modern Europe, and anything else that strikes her fancy.

Visit Dr. Swedberg´s Home Page: www.mesastate.edu/~sswedber.

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