John Bollweg
Dissertation title: "The Genesis of an Eschatologist: The Early Religious Writings of Arnau de Vilanova (ca. 1240 - 1311)"
Advisor: Larry Simon
trecento.bollweg@wmich.edu

Brian Bradford
Dissertation title: "Christians in Pre-Islamic Arabia: Societies, Sects, and Scriptures"
Advisor: Paul Maier
brian.c.bradford@wmich.edu

Skylar Bre’z
Area of Focus: Recent US, Gender
Advisor: Edwin Martini
skylar.j.brez@wmich.edu

John Byczynski
Area of Focus: Working class history
Advisor: Wilson Warren
john.a.byczynski@wmich.edu

David DiTucci
Dissertation title: “'Deadly Hostility of Men': Feud and Violence in Anglo-Saxon England”
Advisor: Robert Berkhofer
david.ditucci@wmich.edu

Jack Goodman Jr.
Dissertation title: "Slavery and Wage Labor in 14th-Century Palermo, Sicily"
Advisor: Larry Simon
jack.k.goodman@wmich.edu

Valerie Hampton
Dissertation title:“Power Relations at the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary at Rushen”
Advisor: Rozanne Elder
valerie.d.hampton@wmich.edu

Patrick Harris
Dissertation title: "The Latinization of the Mozarabic Community of Toledo, 1085-1300.
Advisor: Larry Simon
patrick.w.harris@wmich.edu

Jesse Hillman
Area of focus: Early modern Europe
Advisor: James Palmitessa
jesse.hillman@wmich.edu

Randall Janes
Advisor: Lewis Pyenson
Dissertation Title: “Between the Ingenio and the Ingeniero:  The Spanish Sugar Master and the Development of the Ibero-American Sugar Industry”
randall.a.janes@wmich.edu

Yoon-Rim Kim
Area of focus: medieval China; international relations, gender
Advisor: Victor Xiong
yoon-rim.kim@wmich.edu

Joshua Koenig
Dissertation title: “Representations: Public Depictions of the Trans-Mississippi American West”
Advisor:  Lynne Heasley
joshua.koenig@wmich.edu

David Kohrman
Dissertation title:  “Modern Ruins, memory, and preservation”
Advisor: Mitch Kachun
david.kohrman@wmich.edu

Thomas Mackie
Dissertation title: "A Shrine for President Lincoln: An Analysis of 100 years of Lincoln Interpretation in Public History, 1909-2009"
Advisor: Mitch Kachun
thomas.d.mackie@wmich.edu

Jamie McCandless
Dissertation title: “'A Difficult and Dangerous Thing': Religious Reform in Late Medieval Germany"
Advisor: Robert Berkhofer
jamie.a.mccandless@wmich.edu

Stacey Moore
Area of focus: Comparative colonial/Early North American
Advisor: J.A. Brandao
stacey.l.moore@wmich.edu

Stephen  T. Staggs
Dissertation title: “Gentiles by Nature: Indian-Dutch Relations in New Netherland/New York, 1562-1749”
Advisor: J.A. Brandao and James Palmitessa
stephen.t.staggs@wmich.edu

David Terry
Dissertation title: "Pirates and Piracy in the Medieval Crown of Aragon, 1291-1336"
Advisor: Larry Simon
david.d.terry@wmich.edu

Adam Wolfe
Area of focus: Medieval Europe, Viking/Anglo-Saxon Studies
Advisor: Rozanne Elder
adam.wolfe@wmich.edu