Current Students

The History Department is proudly home to cohorts of Ph.D. and M.A. students who specialize in an array of historical topics. Information about these students, their focuses, and faculty advisers can be found below. Please note that students opted into displaying their information on this page, so it does not represent a complete list of USF history graduate students. Want to get involved in our fantastic community of graduate students? Check out the History Department Graduate Student Organization.

Ph.D. Students

Name	Focus	Advisor(s)
Adkins, Christopher David CV	20th Century US History, Dogs	Connolly, Brian
Benner, Douglas	America Pre-1877	Connolly, Brian
Costello, Angela CV	Digital Humanities/Public History; Ancient and Medieval History; Material Culture and Dress History	Tanasi, Davide
Ferro, Ryan C. CV	Global Communism, Modern China, Sino-Soviet Relations.	Boterbloem, Kees
Hom, Ryan CV	Ancient Greece, War and Society, Classical Reception	Tanasi, Davide
Horan, Patrick J. CV	Modern European History, Irish History, Transatlantic History	Ottanelli, Fraser
Jünke, Sarah	Early America	Levy, Phil
Kraft, Madeleine	Digital Archaeology and Roman Empire	Tanasi, Davide
Miller, Scott CV	20th Century American History, The Cold War	Johnson, David
Muhseneen, Ummul CV	Public History; Genocides and Mass Atrocity Crimes; South Asia; Oral History; Memory; and Memorialization	Levy, Phil
Pack, Paula	20th Century British History; History of Children and Youth	Connolly, Brian
Ponticos, Douglas	19th and 20th Century US, Environmental History, Florida History	Connolly, Brian
Rios, Urian CV	Cold War, The “Long Sixties"	Fontaine, Darcie
Scapicchio, Alaina CV	Public History, Early America, Memory & Commemoration	Levy, Phil
Strawbridge, Michael	Late Antiquity, Donatism, Roman North Africa	King, Matt
Youngberg, Kevin R.	19th Century US Political, Religious, and Southern History; American Civil War and Reconstruction	Prince, K. Stephen
Zimmerman, Jr., Don	Freemasonry in Jim Crow Florida	Mauldin, Erin

M.A. Students

Name	Focus	Advisor(s)
Dace, Ysabella CV	Early Modern Europe; the Italian Peninsula; Social History; Cultural history; Women and Gender	Benadusi, Giovanna
Davis, Tami	Post-Civil War, Reconstruction Era American History	Prince, K. Stephen
Downing, Kathryn Mary Lulu CV	Medieval Irish History, Digital Humanities/ Public History, Art History	Knight, Jennifer
Gore, Samuel "Dale"	US History from 1877-2001, US War and Society from 1890-2001, Navalism and American Foreign Policy	Irwin, Julia Prince, K. Stephen
Rasmussen, Holden CV	Floridiana; 19th Century American Cultural History	Connnolly, Brian
Silva, Adiel CV	Modern Latin America; 20th Century Cuba	Novoa, Adriana
Thieryung, Hannah CV	19th and 20th Century Irish and American History, Irish Playwrights, Public History, Florida History	Knight, Matt
Thurston, Danielle CV	Public History and Digitial Humanities	Levy, Phil
White, Sara	US history pre-1877, Women & Gender, Public History, Memory & Commemoration, Irish History & Immigration to the US	Levy, Phil