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UWF Department of History and Philosophy faculty bios and contact information.


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Erin Stone
Position: Chair, Professor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 142

Dr. Erin Stone, department chair and professor of history, teaches Latin American, Atlantic, and Indigenous history.

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Julianna Costanzo
Position: Instructor of Philosophy
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 138

Dr. Julianna Costanzo, instructor of Philosophy, teaches Ethics of AI, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics in Contemporary Society, and Critical Thinking.

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Brian Hood
Position: Associate Professor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 128

Dr. Brian Hood, associate professor, teaches philosophy of science, epistemology and logic.

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John Jensen
Position: Professor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 238

Dr. John Jensen, professor, teaches maritime history, historic preservation, fisheries and marine archaeology.

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Aiqi Liu
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Professional and Clinical Practice
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 134

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.

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Wilson Maina
Position: Professor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 232

Dr. Wilson Maina, professor of philosophy, teaches biomedical ethics, African philosophy, ethics, world religions and philosophy of religion.

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Amy Mitchell-Cook
Position: Professor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 146

Dr. Amy Cook, professor of history, teaches maritime history, Atlantic world, early America and 19th century women.

Nathan Smith
Position: Instructor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 132

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.

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Joyce Southard
Position: Instructor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 140

Ms. Joyce Southard, instructor of history, teaches courses in American history, local history, Southern history, and the Vietnam War.

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Bradford Stockdale
Position: Instructor
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • Office Location: Building 50, Room 234

Dr. Bradford Stockdale, instructor, teaches ancient Greek philosophy, modern philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics.


Adjunct Faculty

The Department of History and Philosophy Adjunct Faculty


Ronald Atchison

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailratchison@uwf.edu
  • Courses: EUH1000: Western Perspectives I

Michael Bailey

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailmbailey1@uwf.edu
  • Courses: PHI3640: Environmental Ethics

Charles Cox

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailccox1@uwf.edu
  • Courses: AMH2020: United States since 1877

Sally Ferguson

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailSFerguson@uwf.edu
  • Courses: PHI3452: Philosophy of Biology

Andrew Del Gaudio

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailadelgaudio@uwf.edu
  • Courses: AMH3540: American Military History

Sydnee Hammond

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailshammond@uwf.edu
  • Courses: AMH2020: United States since 1877, HIS3313: Issues in Gender and Diversity

Garrett Howard

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailghoward@uwf.edu
  • Courses: PHI2010: Introduction to Philosophy, PHI2103: Critical Thinking, PHI2603: Ethics in Contemporary Society, PHI3800: Philosophy of Art, PHI3880: Philosophy of Film

Christopher Levesque

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailclevesque@uwf.edu
  • Courses: AMH2020: United States since 1877, EUH1000: Western Perspectives I, EUH1001: Western Perspectives II

Dave Meron

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emaildmeron@uwf.edu
  • Courses: AMH2020: United States since 1877, EUH3280: Second World War, EUH4242: The First World War

James Simpson

  • Adjunct
  • Department: History and Philosophy
  • emailjsimpson2@uwf.edu
  • Courses: PHI2010: Introduction to Philosophy, PHI2603: Ethics in Contemporary Society, REL1300: World Religions

Emeritus Faculty

The Department of History Emeritus Faculty 


  • George Ellenberg, Provost and Professor Emeritus, 2026 
  • Dan Miller, Professor Emeritus, 2025
  • James Michlovich, Professor Emeritus, 2007
  • Marylou Ruud, Professor Emeritus, 2007
  • Jane Dysart, Professor Emeritus, 2005
  • James McGovern, Professor Emeritus, 2005
  • George Pierce, Professor Emeritus, 1993