Department of History
Faculty
| Full-Time Professors | Part-time Professors | Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty | In Memoriam |
| Rosana Barbosa, Professor Chair B.A. (Universidade Santa Ursula, Brazil), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto) Latin America, Brazil, Migrations and Brazilian-Canadian Relations Profile |
| Blake Brown, Professor (Sabbatical 2020/21) B.A. (Acadia), M.A. (York), LL.B. (Toronto), MA (Toronto), Ph.D. (Dalhousie) Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Canada, Legal History, Nova Scotia Profile |
| Leslie Digdon, Assistant Professor BA (Mount Saint Vincent), MA (Dalhousie University), PhD (Univerity of Saskatchewan) History of science and technology, medicine, gender and the social history of North America and Europe Profile |
| Kirrily Freeman, Associate Professor Honours and Graduate Coordinator B.A. (University of Guelph), M.A. (University of Edinburgh), Ph.D. (University of Waterloo) Modern Europe, France, Social and Cultural History Profile |
| Heather Green, Assistant Professor B.A. Honours (Cape Breton University), M.A. (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Ph.D. (University of Alberta) Environmental, Indigenous, Northern Canada, mining, tourism, health Profile |
| Karly Kehoe, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities Graduate Coordinator, Atlantic Canada Studies B.A. Honours (Saint Mary's University), Ph.D. (University of Glasgow) Religion, Migration, and Minority Identities in the British Atlantic Profile |
| Nicole Neatby, Professor (Sabbatical 2020/21) B.A. (Ottawa), M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Montréal) Modern Canada, Tourism, Public History Profile |
| Bill Sewell, Professor (Sabbatical 2020/21) B.Sc. (Wisconsin - Madison), M.A. (California - Davis), Ph.D. (U.B.C.) http://smu-facweb.smu.ca/~bsewell/ China, Japan, Imperialism, Urban History Profile |
| Tim Stretton, Professor B.A. (Adelaide), LL.B. (Adelaide), Ph.D. (Cambridge) Tudor and Stuart Britain, Social and Legal History, Women's Legal Rights Profile |
| Xiaoping Sun, Assistant Professor B.A. (Liaoning & Qiqihaer Normal University), M.A., Ph.D. (California, Santa Cruz) China, Gender Profile |
| Peter L. Twohig, Professor Associate Dean of Arts (Curriculum and Student Affairs) B.A., M.A. (Saint Mary's), Ph.D. (Dalhousie) Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Atlantic Canada, History of Health and Medicine |
| Michael E. Vance , Professor (Sabbatical 2020/21) B.A.(Simon Fraser), M.A. (York, UK), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Guelph) Modern Britain, British Migration, & Colonization Profile |
| Lyndan Warner, Professor B.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Cambridge) Early Modern Europe, History of the Family, Print Culture Profile |
| Banoub, David BA Honours (Memorial University), MA (Carleton University), PhD (Carleton University) Email: david.banoub@smu.ca Office: MN216 |
| Hefler, H. Matthew Email: harry.hefler@smu.ca Office MN208 |
| Joudrey, Susan Email: susan.joudrey@smu.ca Office: MN216 |
| Knapp, Adrian Email: adrian.knapp@smu.ca Office: MM219 |
| Wright, Brendan Email: brendan.wright@smu.ca |
| David Campbell BA (University of PEI) MA (University of Toronto) PhD (University of Calgary) Military/Diplomatic, First World War, British imperial, ancient Egypt |
| Jill Campbell-Miller BA Honours (Saint Mary's University) MA (University of Waterloo) PhD (University of Waterloo) Canadian political history, history of development and development assistance, history of South Asia, and British imperial history |
| Luca Codignola DL (Rome) MA (Toronto) D Litt (Saint Mary's Hon.) Roman Catholic church in the North Atlantic area in the early modern era |
| Willeen Keough Profile Negotiations of gender and ethnicity; contested ethnic terrains and communal violence; interaction between formal and informal belief systems; cultural memory |
| Mark McGowan BA (Ottawa) MA, PhD (Toronto) Religious, social, and communications history of Canada and Ireland |
| Scott McLean Profile British and European history |
| Isaac Saney BA (Saint Mary's) MA (Saint Mary's) PhD (University of London) Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history |
| Mark Sweeney BA (Saint Mary's University) MA (Saint Mary's University) PhD (University Waterloo) Canadian History, War Crimes, Local & Community History |
| D. Owen Carrigan, Ph.D. (Maine) | Crime and Punishment in Canada, U.S. Social |
| Colin Howell, Ph.D. (Cincinnati) (profile and publications) | History of Sport, Canada, Atlantic Canada Studies; currently, Director of the Centre for the Study of Sport and Health at the Gorsebrook Research Institute, Saint Mary's University |
| James Morrison, Ph.D. (Ibadan) Profile |
Atlantic World, Africa, Ethnicity and Immigration |
| Terrance Murphy, Ph.D. | Religious history of Canada, especially Atlantic Canada |
| John Reid, Ph.D. Profile |
Colonial Northeastern North America, Maritime Provinces, Canadian Higher Education |
| George F.W. Young, Ph.D. (Chicago) Phone: 902-491-6433 |
Modern Europe, U.S. in the Twentieth Century, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Latin America |
| Richard Twomey, Professor Professor Twomey passed away on May 28, 2009, B.A. (Eastern Connecticut), M.A., Ph.D. (Northern Illinois) Revolutionary and Early National America, U.S. Social and Intellectual Publications |
