Faculty
The Department of History & Philosophy Faculty Bios and Contact Information
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 113
Dr. Erin Stone, department chair and professor of history, teaches Latin American, Atlantic, and Indigenous history.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112
Dr. Marie-Thérèse Champagne, associate professor, teaches European history in the areas of the Renaissance, the Reformation, ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the Vikings, and women in the Middle Ages.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112
Dr. George B. Ellenberg, professor of history, conducts research on history of the Old and New South, and agrarianism in American history.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112A
Dr. Brian Hood, associate professor, teaches philosophy of science, epistemology and logic.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 50, Room 231A
Garrett Howard, faculty associate, teaches philosophy of art and film.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 115
Dr. John Jensen, professor, teaches maritime history, historic preservation, fisheries and marine archaeology.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86/112C
Dr. Liu's teaching interests include the History of China, Japan, and East Asia, U.S. foreign relations, economic history, monetary and fiscal policies, banking, rural finance, state-society relations, empire and colonialism, the history of Manchuria, and East Asian cultures.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112
Dr. Wilson Maina, professor of philosophy, teaches biomedical ethics, African philosophy, ethics, world religions and philosophy of religion.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112
Dr. Daniel E. Miller, professor of history, teaches modern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Balkans, European, agricultural history and Europe between the World Wars.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 85/137
Dr. Amy Cook, professor of history, teaches maritime history, Atlantic world, early America and 19th century women.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112D
Nathan Smith, instructor of history, teaches labor history, U.S. History, and public history. He has taught courses in early and modern U.S. History, Old and New South, and a global history of the Cold War.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 78/137
Joyce Southard began working at the University of West Florida as an academic advisor in 2001. In 2022, Ms. Southard began teaching classes as an adjunct and joined the department as a full-time faculty member in Fall 2024.
- Department: History and Philosophy
- Office Location: Building 86, Room 112
Dr. Bradford Stockdale, instructor, teaches ancient Greek philosophy, modern philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics.
- Department: College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Office Location: Building 53, Room 222
Dr. Jamin Wells is the Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities. He is also an associate professor of History and teaches courses in local, environmental, digital, and public history. He is also the Lab Director for the Digital Humanities Lab.
Adjunct Faculty
The Department of History Adjunct Faculty Contact Information
Ronald Atchison
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailratchison@uwf.edu
Vincenza Antonetta Berado
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742672
- emailvberado@uwf.edu
Charles Cox
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailccox1@uwf.edu
Janelle Gormley
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailjgormley@uwf.edu
Sydnee Hammond
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailshammond@uwf.edu
Jane Plummer
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailjplummer@uwf.edu
James Simpson
- Adjunct
- Department: History and Philosophy
- phone8504742680
- emailjsimpson2@uwf.edu