![Amir Abahel](../../images/people/grad-students/amir-abahel.jpg)
Graduate Students
![Amir Abahel](../../images/people/grad-students/amir-abahel.jpg)
![Semiu Adegbenle](../../images/people/grad-students/adegbenle.jpg)
Semiu Adegbenle
semiu@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
African Diaspora and African American History; Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History
Advisor(s):
Sean Hanretta
![Teresa Alvarado-Patlan](../../images/people/grad-students/teresa-alvarado-patlan1.jpg)
Teresa Alvarado-Patlan
teresaalvarado-patlan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
![Elizabeth Barahona](../../images/people/grad-students/barahona_elizabeth.jpg)
Elizabeth Barahona
ElizabethBarahona2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Economic & Labor History; Political & Policy History; Religious History; Urban History
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
![Alexander Barna](../../images/people/grad-students/alexander-barna.jpg)
Alexander Barna
AlexanderBarna2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Middle East
Advisor(s):
Henri Lauzière
![Julia Barr](../../images/people/grad-students/barr.jpg)
Julia Barr
juliabarr2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History; Political and Policy History
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen; Kennetta Hammond Perry
![Morgan Barry](../../images/people/grad-students/morgan-barry.jpeg)
![Gabriel Ben-Jacob](../../images/people/grad-students/gabriel-ben-jakov.png)
Gabriel Ben-Jacob
gbenjacob@northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History; Political and Policy History
Advisor(s):
Caitlin Fitz
![Anisha Bhat](https://economics.northwestern.edu/images/people/generic person placeholder image-01.jpg)
![John Miles Branch](../../images/people/grad-students/john-branch1.jpg)
![Gaby Bucio](../../images/people/grad-students/gabriela-bucio.jpg)
Gaby Bucio
gabrielabucio2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States, Latin America
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
![Jiahao Cao](../../images/people/grad-students/jiahao-cao.jpg)
Jiahao Cao
jiahaocao2030@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia, Modern Europe
Specialization:
Political and Policy History
Advisor(s):
Lauren Stokes
![Jay Carroll](https://economics.northwestern.edu/images/people/generic person placeholder image-01.jpg)
![Cole Carter](../../images/people/grad-students/cole-carter.jpg)
Cole Carter
colecarter2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Legal & Criminal History
Advisor(s):
Michael J. Allen
![Mariana Charry Esguerra](../../images/people/grad-students/mariana.jpg)
Mariana Charry Esguerra
maremoto@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Religious & Urban History
Advisor(s):
Paul Ramírez
![Mian Chen](../../images/people/grad-students/mian-chen-168x210.jpg)
![Zhiqing Chen](../../images/people/grad-students/zhiqing-chen.png)
Zhiqing Chen
zhiqingchen2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History; Economic and Labor History; Gender and Sexuality History, History of Science, Technology and Medicine War and Empire in History
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley
![Alison Choi](../../images/people/grad-students/alison-choi.jpg)
![Ming-hsi Chu](../../images/people/grad-students/ming-hsi-chu-168x210.jpg)
Ming-hsi Chu
Ming-hsiChu2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Modern China; Comparative Legal History
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley
![Lauren Cole](../../images/people/grad-students/lauren-cole.jpg)
![Carmen Crusoe](../../images/people/grad-students/carmen1.jpg)
Carmen Crusoe
carmencrusoe2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
African Diaspora and African American History
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
![Savoy Curry](../../images/people/grad-students/savoy_curry1.jpg)
Savoy Curry
SavoyCurry2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Specialization:
Jewish Studies, Gender Studies
Advisor(s):
Dyan Elliott; David Shyovitz
![Sarah-Louise Dawtry](../../images/people/grad-students/sarah-louise-dawtry.jpg)
Sarah-Louise Dawtry
Sarah-LouiseDawtry2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham
![Elsa De La Rosa](../../images/people/grad-students/elsa-de-la-rosa-168x210.jpg)
Elsa De La Rosa
ElsaDeLaRosa2017@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham
![Alexandra De Leon](../../images/people/grad-students/alexandra_de_leon1.jpg)
Alexandra De Leon
alexandradeleon2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Modern Japan
Advisor(s):
Laura Hein
![Ziyana Fazal](../../images/people/grad-students/ziyana.jpg)
Ziyana Fazal
ziyana2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
South Asia
Specialization:
Gender and Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Ashish Koul
![Dexter Fergie](../../images/people/grad-students/dexter-fergie.jpg)
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
![Alison Foster](../../images/people/grad-students/alison-foster.jpg)
Alison Foster
alisonfoster2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
African Diaspora & African American History
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
![Jose Galvan Mora](../../images/people/grad-students/galvan-mora.jpg)
Jose Galvan Mora
JJGM@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Public History; Urban History
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
![Gennifer K. Geer](../../images/people/grad-students/gennifer-geer.jpg)
![Esther Ginestet](../../images/people/grad-students/esther-ginstet.jpg)
Esther Ginestet
estherginestet@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Intellectual History, History of Gender and Ethnicity, History of Migrations
Advisor(s):
Jonathon Glassman; David Schoenbrun; Florence Bernault
![Miguel Giron](../../images/people/grad-students/miguel-giron1.jpg)
![Cayla Harrison](../../images/people/grad-students/cayla-harrison.jpg)
Cayla Harrison
caylaharrison2029@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
African Diaspora and African American History; Economic and Labor History; Gender and Sexuality History; Legal and Criminal History
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
![Kathryn Birks Harvey](../../images/people/grad-students/kathryn-harvey-168x210.jpg)
Kathryn Birks Harvey
KathrynHarvey2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Legal History
Advisor(s):
Kevin Boyle; Ajay Mehrotra, Joanna Grisinger, Erin Delaney
![James Hassett](../../images/people/grad-students/james-hassett.jpg)
![Bennett Herson-Roeser](../../images/people/person-placeholder-image-168x210.jpg)
Bennett Herson-Roeser
bennettherson-roeser2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Doug Kiel
![Conrad Hirano](../../images/people/grad-students/conrad-hirano-168x210.jpg)
![Andrew Holter](../../images/people/grad-students/andrew-holter-168x210.jpg)
![Elizabeth Howell](../../images/elizabeth-howell.jpg)
Elizabeth Howell
elizabethhowell2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Central Europe
Advisor(s):
Lauren Stokes
![Emily Kamm](../../images/people/grad-students/emily-kamm-168x210.jpg)
![Maria Katsulos](../../images/people/grad-students/maria-katsulos.jpg)
Maria Katsulos
mariakatsulos2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe
Specialization:
Gender & Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Scott Sowerby
![Mila Kaut](../../images/people/grad-students/mila-kaut.jpg)
Mila Kaut
milakaut2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Environmental History; Gender and Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
![Alexandrea Keith](../../images/people/grad-students/alexandrea-keith.jpg)
Alexandrea Keith
alexandreakeith2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Brett Gadsden
![William Kirsch](../../images/people/grad-students/william-kirsch.jpg)
William Kirsch
williamkirsch2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Economic and Labor History; Political and Policy History
Advisor(s):
Kathleen Belew
![Hae Uk Ko](../../images/people/grad-students/hae-uk-ko1.jpg)
Hae Uk Ko
HaeHaeUk2029@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History
Advisor(s):
Ji-Yeon Yuh
![Alice Laburthe](../../images/people/person-placeholder-image-168x210.jpg)
![Junwoo Lee](../../images/people/grad-students/junwoo-lee1.jpg)
Junwoo Lee
JunwooLee2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
International History
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Economic & Labor History; War & Empire in History; History of Science, Technology & Medicine
Advisor(s):
Daniel Immerwahr
![Juan Fernando León](../../images/people/grad-students/juan-fernando-leon-168x210.jpg)
Juan Fernando León
JuanLeon2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe
Advisor(s):
Lydia Barnett
![Danylo Leshchyshyn](../../images/people/grad-students/danylo-leshchyshyn.jpg)
Danylo Leshchyshyn
DanyloLeshchyshyn2029@u.northwestern.edu or dleshchy@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History; Political and Policy History; Religious History; Urban History; War and Empire in History
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
![Max Lewontin](../../images/people/grad-students/max-lewontin-168x210.jpg)
![Youjia Li](../../images/people/grad-students/youjia-li-168x210.jpg)
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
![David Li](../../images/people/grad-students/david-li.jpg)
David Li
davidli@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
War & Empire History; Economic & Labor History; Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History;
Advisor(s):
Melissa Macauley
![Cindy B. Lima](../../images/people/grad-students/cindy-lima-168x210.jpg)
Cindy B. Lima
CindyLima2021@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America, United States
Advisor(s):
Geraldo L. Cadava
![Xi Min Ling](../../images/xi-min-ling.jpg)
![Jacqueline Lopez](../../images/jacqueline-lopez2.jpg)
![Madelyn Lugli](../../images/people/grad-students/madelyn-lugli-168x210.jpg)
Madelyn Lugli
MadelynLugli2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
International History
Specialization:
International Europe
Advisor(s):
Deborah Cohen; Daniel Immerwahr
![Emily Lyon](../../images/people/grad-students/emily_lyon1.jpg)
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
![Hope McCaffrey](../../images/people/grad-students/hope_mccaffrey_1.jpg)
Hope McCaffrey
HopeMccaffrey2024@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Gender, Women's History, Nineteenth Century
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
![Drew Meinecke](../../images/people/grad-students/drew-meninecke.jpg)
Drew Meinecke
DrewMeinecke2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Religious History; Urban History
Advisor(s):
Brett Gadsden
![Heather Menefee](../../images/people/grad-students/heather-m-headshot-2022.jpg)
Heather Menefee
heathermenefee2015@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Native American & Indigenous Studies, Universities & Colonialism, Dakota Language & History
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
![Jan Michael](../../images/people/grad-students/jan-michael.jpg)
Jan Michael
janmichael2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Gender & Sexuality History; Legal & Criminal History; Political & Policy History
Advisor(s):
Kathleen Belew
![Hugh Milner](../../images/people/grad-students/hugh-milner.jpg)
Hugh Milner
HughMilner2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Medieval Europe, Modern Europe
Specialization:
Environmental History
Advisor(s):
Lydia Barnett
![Christopher Muhoozi](https://economics.northwestern.edu/images/people/generic person placeholder image-01.jpg)
Christopher Muhoozi
christophermuhoozi2017@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
David Schoenbrun
![Moritz Nagel](../../images/people/grad-students/moritz-nagel-168x210.jpg)
![Jonathan Ng](../../images/people/grad-students/jonathan-ng-168x210.jpg)
![Kathleen Noll](../../images/people/grad-students/kathleen-noll-168x210.jpg)
Kathleen Noll
KathleenNoll2020@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Dyan Elliott
![Anastasiya Novatorskaya](../../images/people/grad-students/novatorskaya.jpg)
Anastasiya Novatorskaya
anastasiyanovatorskaya2026@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Gender & Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
![Uchechukwu Oguchi](../../images/people/grad-students/oguchi.jpg)
Uchechukwu Oguchi
uchechukwuoguchi2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Environmental History; Legal and Criminal History; Political and Policy History; Religious History; Urban History
Advisor(s):
Helen Tilley
![Daniel Ospina Perez](../../images/people/grad-students/daniel-ospina1.jpg)
Daniel Ospina Perez
danielospina2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Specialization:
Political & Policy History, Religious/Urban History
Advisor(s):
Lina Britto
![Anqi Pan](../../images/people/grad-students/anqi-pan1.jpg)
![Bogdan Pavlish](../../images/people/grad-students/bogdan-pavlish.jpg)
Bogdan Pavlish
BogdanPavlish2022@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Advisor(s):
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
![Catherine Perez](../../images/people/grad-students/catherine-perez.jpg)
Catherine Perez
CatherinePerez2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe, Medieval Europe
Specialization:
Gender & Sexuality History; Political & Policy History; Religious/Urban History
Advisor(s):
Scott Sowerby
![Victoria Pham](../../images/people/grad-students/victoria-pham.jpg)
![John Pollard](../../images/people/grad-students/john-pollard.jpg)
![Hannah Reynolds](../../images/people/grad-students/img_7189.jpg)
Hannah Reynolds
hannah.reynolds@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Gender & Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Susan J. Pearson
![Eric Michael Rhodes](../../images/people/grad-students/eric-rhodes.jpg)
Eric Michael Rhodes
ericrhodes2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America, United States
Specialization:
Religious History; Urban History
Advisor(s):
Kevin Boyle
![Mary Kate Robbett](../../images/robbett-pic.jpeg)
![Rebecca Rwakabukoza](../../images/people/person-placeholder-image-168x210.jpg)
Rebecca Rwakabukoza
rebeccarwakabukoza2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Advisor(s):
David Schoenbrun
![Aoi Saito](../../images/people/person-placeholder-image-168x210.jpg)
Aoi Saito
AoiSaito2019@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Japanese History, Global History
Advisor(s):
Amy Stanley
![Kenneth Salter](../../images/people/grad-students/kenneth-salter.jpg)
Kenneth Salter
kennethsalter2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Specialization:
African Diaspora & African American History
Advisor(s):
Kate Masur
![Rachel Sarcevic-Tesanovic](../../images/people/grad-students/rachel-sarcevic-tesanovic1.jpg)
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
![Eunike G. Setiadarma](../../images/people/grad-students/eunike_setiadarma.jpg)
Eunike G. Setiadarma
EunikeSetiadarma2019@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Southeast Asia
Specialization:
Modern Indonesia
Advisor(s):
Haydon Cherry
![Melody Shum](../../images/people/grad-students/melody-shum-168x210.jpeg)
![Hannah Simmons](../../images/people/grad-students/hannah-simmons.jpg)
Hannah Simmons
hannahsimmons2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
![Weiliang Song](../../images/weiliang-song.jpg)
![Mikala Stokes](../../images/people/grad-students/mikala-stokes-168x210.jpg)
Mikala Stokes
MikalaStokes2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
![John Sullivan](../../images/people/grad-students/john-sullivan-168x210.jpg)
John Sullivan
JohnSullivan2023@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Early Modern Europe
Advisor(s):
Lydia Barnett
![Angela Tate](../../images/people/grad-students/angela-tate-168x210.jpg)
Angela Tate
Field(s):
International History
Specialization:
Black Internationalism
Advisor(s):
Daniel Immerwahr
![Marquis Taylor](../../images/people/person-placeholder-image-168x210.jpg)
Marquis Taylor
marquistaylor2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa, United States
Advisor(s):
Leslie M. Harris
![Aisha Valiulla](../../images/people/grad-students/aisha-valliulla.jpg)
![Rita Velasco](../../images/people/grad-students/rita_velasco1.jpeg)
Rita Velasco
RitaVelasco2025@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Latin America
Specialization:
Mexico
Advisor(s):
Paul Gillingham; Geraldo L. Cadava
![Rachel Wallner](../../images/people/grad-students/rachel-wallner-168x210.jpg)
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
![Yiming Wang](../../images/people/grad-students/yiming-wang1.jpg)
Yiming Wang
wangym@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
East Asia
Specialization:
Gender & Sexuality History
Advisor(s):
Peter J. Carroll
![Aaron Wilford](../../images/people/grad-students/wilford.jpg)
Aaron Wilford
aawil@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Environmental History
Advisor(s):
Sean Hanretta; Helen Tilley
![Kyle Woods](../../images/people/grad-students/kyle-woods.jpg)
Kyle Woods
kylewoods2027@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Modern Europe
Specialization:
Political & Policy History; War & Empire in History
Advisor(s):
Benjamin Frommer
![Umar Yandaki](../../images/people/grad-students/umar-yandaki.jpg)
Umar Yandaki
umaryandaki2028@u.northwestern.edu
Field(s):
Africa
Specialization:
Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Political & Policy History
Advisor(s):
Sean Hanretta