Graduate Students
Emiliano Aguilar
EmilianoAguilar2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Latinx History, Political History
Dissertation Title:
Building a Latino Machine: Machine Politics, Corruption, and Integration in East Chicago, Indiana, 1945-2010
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
Teresa Alvarado-Patlan
teresaalvarado-patlan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
Claire C. Arnold
ClaireArnold2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Modern Britain
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen
Chernoh Bah
ChernohBah2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Medical History
Dissertation Title:
Resolving an Empire Problem: Public Health, Convict Labor, and the Revenue Crisis in Colonial Sierra Leone, 1914 -1944
Advisor(s):
Helen Tilley; Sean Hanretta
Elizabeth Barahona
ElizabethBarahona2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Southern History, Labor History, Social History, Latino History, African American History
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
Alexander Barna
AlexanderBarna2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Middle East
Advisor(s):
Henri Lauzière
Colin Bos
ColinBos2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Modern West Africa; History of Science; Social and Intellectual History
Advisor(s):
Helen Tilley
Andrea Christmas
AndreaChristmas@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Dissertation Title:
“Choreographing Desire: Sexuality and Citizenship at the Paris Opéra Ballet, 1789-1848”
Advisor(s):
Tessie P. Liu
Ming-hsi Chu
Ming-hsiChu2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Modern China; Comparative Legal History
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley
Felipe Ford Cole
F-Cole2016@nlaw.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America, United States
Advisor(s):
Lina Britto; Paul Gillingham
Carl Creason
CarlCreason2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur; Robert Orsi
Savoy Curry
SavoyCurry2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Specialization:
Jewish Studies, Gender Studies
Advisor(s):
Dyan Elliott; David Shyovitz
Lev Daschko
levdaschko2013@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
East-Central Europe; Ukraine
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Sarah-Louise Dawtry
Sarah-LouiseDawtry2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
Holly Dayton
HollyDayton2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
British History
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen; Tracy Davis
Elsa De La Rosa
ElsaDeLaRosa2017@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham
Alexandra De Leon
alexandradeleon2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Modern Japan
Advisor(s):
Laura Hein
Ziyana Fazal
ziyana2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
South Asia
Specialization:
Gender and Islam
Advisor(s):
Ashish Koul
Dexter Fergie
dexter.fergie@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
U.S. Foreign Relations, Intellectual History, History of Science and Technology, International Relations
Advisor(s):
Daniel Immerwahr
Brian Forman
brianforman2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Richard Kieckhefer
Erica Gilbert-Levin
EricaGilbert-Levin2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Kevin Boyle
Esther Ginestet
EstherGinestet2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
Jonathon Glassman; David Schoenbrun
Bright Gyamfi
BrightGyamfi2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Black Internationalism
Dissertation Title:
Dreaming of Pan-African Unity: Nkrumahist Scholars and the Global Development of African Diaspora Studies
Advisor(s):
Sean Hanretta
Melanie Hall
MelanieHall2012@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
US environmental history and science and technology
Advisor(s):
Ken Alder
Kathryn Birks Harvey
KathrynHarvey2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Legal History
Advisor(s):
Kevin Boyle; Ajay Mehrotra, Joanna Grisinger, Erin Delaney
Bennett Herson-Roeser
bennettherson-roeser2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Doug Kiel
Elizabeth Howell
elizabethhowell2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Central Europe
Advisor(s):
Lauren Stokes
Emily Kamm
EmilyKamm2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa, Latin America
Advisor(s):
Helen Tilley; Sherwin Bryant
Alexandrea Keith
alexandreakeith2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Brett Gadsden
Juan Fernando León
JuanLeon2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe
Advisor(s):
Lydia Barnett
Youjia Li
YoujiaLi2014@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Social, gender, and immigration history in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century Asia, specifically in Japan and China.
Advisor(s):
Amy Stanley
Cindy B. Lima
CindyLima2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America, United States
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
Madelyn Lugli
MadelynLugli2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
International History
Specialization:
International Europe
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen; Daniel Immerwahr
Emily Lyon
EmilyLyon2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
19th Century U.S. History, U.S. Empire, Gender, Race
Advisor(s):
Susan J. Pearson
Katya Maslakowski
KatyaMaslakowski2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Modern Britain
Dissertation Title:
“Men of Violence: Colonial Violence, Counterinsurgency Expertise and the end of the British Empire, 1919-1998”
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen
Hope McCaffrey
HopeMccaffrey2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Gender, Women's History, Nineteenth Century
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
Heather Menefee
heathermenefee2015@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Indigenous Studies, Race and Colonialism, American Indian Law and Policy
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
Trumaine Mitchell
Trumainemitchell2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Brett Gadsden
Christopher Muhoozi
christophermuhoozi2017@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
David Schoenbrun
Kathleen Noll
KathleenNoll2020@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Dyan Elliott
Anastasiya Novatorskaya
AnastasiyaNovatorskaya2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
East-Central Europe; Jewish History; Nationalism
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Sian Olson Dowis
SianOlsonDowis2014@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Social movements, political economy, urban planning and the built environment.
Advisor(s):
Kevin Boyle
Hazal Özdemir
HazalOzdemir2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Middle East
Specialization:
The Ottoman Empire
Advisor(s):
İpek K. Yosmaoğlu
Bogdan Pavlish
BogdanPavlish2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Robin Pokorski
RobinPokorski2015@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Dyan Elliott
Jayson Maurice Porter
JaysonPorter2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Specialization:
Environmental History; Science and Technology Studies; Race
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham
Andrea Rosengarten
andrea.rosengarten@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
Jonathon Glassman
Rebecca Rwakabukoza
rebeccarwakabukoza2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
David Schoenbrun
Aoi Saito
AoiSaito2019@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Japanese History, Global History
Advisor(s):
Amy Stanley
Rachel Sarcevic-Tesanovic
rachelsarcevic-tesanovic2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
France and the French Empire from the 18th to the 20th Century
Advisor(s):
Sarah Maza
Zoe Senecal
ZoeSenecal2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Richard Kieckhefer
Eunike G. Setiadarma
EunikeSetiadarma2019@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Southeast Asia
Specialization:
Modern Indonesia
Advisor(s):
Haydon Cherry
Hannah Simmons
hannahsimmons2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
Mikala Stokes
MikalaStokes2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
John Sullivan
JohnSullivan2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe
Advisor(s):
Lydia Barnett
Angela Tate
AngelaTate2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Atlantic World, Black Internationalism, Performance Theory, Visual Culture
Advisor(s):
Daniel Immerwahr
Marquis Taylor
marquistaylor2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa, United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
Rita Velasco
RitaVelasco2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Specialization:
Mexico
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham; Geraldo L. Cadava
Rachel Wallner
RachelWallner2020@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Dissertation Title:
“Knowledge Politics, Science, and the Struggle for Power in the South China Sea, 1890-1966”
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley
Aaron Wilford
aaronwilford2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
Sean Hanretta; Helen Tilley
Matthew Wong Foreman
wongforeman@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley; Peter J. Carroll
