History
Department of History
Administration/Humanities Building (ADM), Room 147, (907) 786-1539
History as a subject in its broadest sense is all that human beings have thought and done. Knowledge of history is the principal means by which humans discover and preserve their collective identity, for through such knowledge we gain a clear view of our limitations and a glimpse of our potential.
History as an intellectual discipline examines and interprets the documentary records of human activity, records that are often fragmentary and incomplete. As a discipline, history is both a science and an art; it requires an intricate balance of scientific technique and creative imagination to weave fragments of evidence into an intelligent account of human experience.
Faculty
Anchorage
Ray Ball, Associate Professor, rball11@alaska.edu
Deirdre Bryan, Assistant Professor, dmbryan@alaska.edu
Elizabeth Dennison, Professor, ejdennison@alaska.edu
Paul Dunscomb, Professor/Chair, pedunscomb@alaska.edu
Songho Ha, Professor, sha4@alaska.edu
Ian Hartman, Associate Professor, ichartman@alaska.edu
William Myers, Professor, wlmyers@alaska.edu
Mat-Su College Campus
Erik Hirschman, Professor, ethirschman@alaska.edu
Kachemak Bay Campus
Jeffery Meyers, Assistant Professor, jmeyers13@alaska.edu
Emeritus/Retired Faculty
Ronald Crawford, Professor Emeritus, ron.crawford@alaska.edu
Michael Hawfield, Associate Professor Emeritus, mchawfield@alaska.edu
Steve Haycox, Professor Emeritus, swhaycox@alaska.edu
W.A. Jacobs, Professor Emeritus, wajacobs@alaska.edu
Caedmon Liburd, Associate Professor (retired), caliburd@alaska.edu
Don Mohr, Professor Emeritus, demohr@alaska.edu