History Program Faculty
Department of History, Art History, and Philosophy

Chamberland, Celeste cchamberland@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Assistant Professor of History   Chicago phone: 312-341-3726   Chicago room: AUD755 Celeste Chamberland holds a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick, an M.A. from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Davis. Specializing in early modern European social and cultural history, and the history of science and medicine, her teaching interests include urban history, gender history, the Renaissance and Reformation, and the history of disease and public health. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of medicine in Tudor-Stuart England. She is currently writing a book on gender and the professional identity of surgeons in early modern London.

Chulos, Chris J. cchulos@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Associate Professor of History Department Chair   Chicago phone: 312-341-3711   Chicago room: AUD722   Schaumburg room: SCH360-O Chris Chulos received his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. Between 1994 and 2002, he was a research fellow and faculty member at the Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, where he remains a permanent faculty member of the Department of History (http://www.helsinki.fi/historia/frontpage.html). At Roosevelt he teaches courses on Modern Europe. His publications include Converging Worlds: Religion and Community in Peasant Russia, 1861-1917 (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003), and many articles about religion and culture in nineteenth century Russia. He has held visiting positions at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, St. Petersburg University (Russia), and Joensuu University and Tampere University (both in Finland). He has been a Fulbright scholar and IREX exchangee, as well as a recipient of grants from the European Union, the Finnish Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His current work concentrates on history and memory in late imperial Russia, with an emphasis on early Russian cinema.

Frink, Sandra M. sfrink@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Assistant Professor of History   Chicago phone: 312-341-6474   Chicago room: AUD749   Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8463 Sandra Frink received her B.A. in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her M.A. in History from the University of Memphis, and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation, entitled “Spectacles of the Street: Performance, Power and Public Space in Antebellum New Orleans,” uses New Orleans as a lens through which to examine the multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-national world of the nineteenth-century urban streets. In her research, she is interested in analyzing the relationships between public power, urban landscapes, and community development and conflict. She is currently preparing an article on the development of public squares in New Orleans and their impact on community formation and ethnic and racial identity. She is also preparing an article on religious community in the public spaces of New Orleans, excerpts of which she recently presented at the Organization of American Historian’s Southern Regional conference. Her teaching interests include the study of public space, particularly in urban environments, the history of women, gender and sexuality, the history of immigration and ethnicity, African American history, and the history of popular culture.

Gellman, Erik S egellman@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Assistant Professor   Chicago phone: 312-322-7138   Chicago room: AUD705-B Erik S. Gellman earned his B.A. from Bates College and Ph.D. in History from Northwestern University. His dissertation, titled, "'Death Blow to Jim Crow': The National Negro Congress, 1936-1947," argues that a black-led network of activists, artists, and workers produced a national civil rights movement during this Popular Front era that expanded New Deal policies, organized thousands of workers across racial lines, and demolished many of the underpinnings of America's Jim Crow society. Specializing in the 19th and 20th Century United States, Gellman's research interests include African American and working-class history, social movements, and comparative ethnic and racial studies. His special interest in Chicago's history has led to his work on the staff of the Encyclopedia of Chicago (www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org) and The Labor Trail (www.labortrail.org) map project concerning Chicago's history of working-class life and struggle. His recent publications include articles in Labor and the Journal of Southern History.

Kraig, Bruce bkraig@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Professor Emeritus of History   Chicago phone: 312-341-6452   Chicago room: AUD650   Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8663   Schaumburg room: SCH600-E Bruce Kraig holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in history and archeology. Professor Kraig has taught courses in history, prehistory, popular culture, the history of food, world cultures, film and television documentaries and travel and tourism. He has lectured on these subjects in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Australia and has an international reputation as a food historian with special emphasis on the cultural significance of food. He has been the host, writer, and historian for the nationally broadcast Public Television (PBS) documentaries Hidden China, Hidden Mexico, Food for the Ancestors, Hidden India: Ther Kerala Spicelands, and the forthcoming Hidden Turkey and has hosted his own television and radio shows about food. His programs have won numerous awards, including: Silver Apple Award (National Education Media Competition); Gold Apple Award; CHRIS (top award, Columbus International Documentary comp); and several EMMYs. Author of Mexican-American Plain Cooking (Nelson-Hall 1982), The Cuisines of Hidden Mexico (John Wiley 1996) as well numerous articles on food and food history, world cultures and travel, Professor Kraig is currently writing books on the culinary history of Chicago and the iconography of hot dog stands in history. He is the founding and continuing president of the Culinary Historians of Chicago.

Middleton, Charles R. cmiddleton@roosevelt.edu Office of the President President   Chicago phone: 312-341-3800   Chicago room: AUD814   Schaumburg phone: 847-619-7284   Schaumburg room: SCH130-D Charles R. “Chuck” Middleton has served as the fifth President of Roosevelt University since July 2002.  Roosevelt is a national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. Under Dr. Middleton’s leadership, Roosevelt University has achieved new levels of excellence and prominence.  For example: The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools reaccredited the University in 2006 without restrictions for the maximum period of 10 years. Roosevelt’s retention and six-year graduation rates, the major indicators of student success, have improved dramatically. In addition, ACT scores of incoming freshmen have increased from 21.4 in fall 2004 to 22.3 in fall 2006. University Center Chicago, the nation’s largest joint student residence hall with 1,700 beds, opened in 2004. The University’s commitment to social justice has been enhanced by, among other activities, providing a challenge to all 2009 and 2010 graduates of Chicago’s Social Justice High School that the cost of attending Roosevelt will be covered if they successfully complete high school and qualify academically.  Many of these students will be the first members of their families to earn college degrees.  In addition, Roosevelt instituted flat-rate tuition in 2005, making it financially advantageous for students to take more courses each semester. For the first time in its history, Roosevelt received investment grade credit ratings from two major rating agencies, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service. An exceptional leadership team has been appointed and it is implementing the University’s visionary strategic plan which was adopted in 2003, calling for a renewed commitment to social justice and academic excellence. As President of Roosevelt University, Dr. Middleton heads one of the nation’s most diverse universities.  According to a 2006 study in the New York Times on diversity of undergraduate students, Roosevelt University ranks 10th nationally in private institutions. Roosevelt’s 7,200 students take courses in arts and sciences, business administration, education and performing arts at comprehensive campuses in the Chicago Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg.  The University also owns the Auditorium Theatre, one of the most famous theaters in the world.  Dr. Middleton has been a university professor or administrator for 38 years.  Prior to joining Roosevelt, he was vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Bowling Green State University and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A fellow of Great Britain’s Royal Historical Society, Dr. Middleton’s academic expertise is in modern British history from the late 18th Century to the early 19th Century and he has an interest in the history of sport in America.  He has taught more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, written more than 60 scholarly papers and is the author of the book The Administration of British Foreign Policy, 1782-1846. Dr. Middleton earned an AB degree with honors in history from Florida State University and both an MA and PhD in history from Duke University.  Dr. Middleton is active in educational and community organizations.  He is a fellow of the Institute for International Education (Midwest), chair of the Committee on Institutional Effectiveness for the American Council on Education (ACE), chair of the Federation of Illinois Independent Colleges and Universities, and a member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, American Historical Association and North American Conference on British Studies. He also serves on the boards of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, N. Y., the Center on Halsted, the Chicago Loop Alliance, the Chicago Central Area Committee, the Near South Planning Board, the Point Foundation, and the Chicago Historical Museum Community Advisory Council for “Out at CHM.”  He is a member of Rotary One, the Economic Club and the Executives Club. In November 2006, Dr. Middleton was elected to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, along side Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.   In his free time, he enjoys fishing, attending Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball games and cooking for friends.

Rung, Margaret C. mrung@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Associate Professor of History Director of the Center for New Deal Studies   Chicago phone: 312-341-3724   Chicago room: AUD476-A   Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8563   Schaumburg room: SCH 360 O Margaret Rung received her AB from Oberlin College, and her MA and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Roosevelt, she taught at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada and during the 2000-2001 academic year she served as a visiting Fulbright lecturer at the University of Latvia in Riga, Latvia. At Roosevelt, she teaches courses on twentieth-century America, urban history, ethnicity in North America, and state building. Author of the book, Servants of the State: Managing Diversity and Democracy in the Federal Civil Service, 1933-1953 (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2002), her research focuses on politics and political institutions in twentieth-century America. She has also written numerous articles concerning the construction of the civil service, Richard Nixon’s relationship to bureaucracy, and the historiography of the Progressive Era and New Deal. Currently, she is working on a book-length study that compares labor policy in the United States and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s.

Stein, Leon lstein@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, Art History & Philosophy Professor Emeritus of History   Schaumburg phone: 847-619-8564   Schaumburg room: SCH600-E Dr. Leon Stein received his B.A. in 1962, his M.A. in 1964, and his Ph.D. in 1966 from New York University. Currently, he is the Mansfield Professor of History at Roosevelt University. His teaching and research fields include History of the Holocaust, History of Ideas, Social Movements, and Nationalism. His many publications include numerous papers and articles on the Holocaust and the History of Nationalism, and a Curriculum on the Holocaust for the Public Schools of the State of Illinois. Dr. Stein also contributed to the Illinois State Law that mandates the teaching about the Holocaust, and has conducted teacher institutes in which 1,500 teachers have been trained over the last twenty years. His most recent publication was a study comparing the behavior of the Lutheran churches in Germany and Denmark during the Holocaust.

Weiner, Lynn Y. lweiner@roosevelt.edu College of Arts and Sciences Professor of History   Chicago phone: 312-341-2134   Chicago room: AUD620 Lynn Weiner, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is also a professor of history at Roosevelt University as well as the Executive Director of the Center for New Deal Studies. She has been at Roosevelt University since 1991. Before that, she taught for a year at Northwestern University. Dr. Weiner also previously taught as an adjunct at Roosevelt University and elsewhere. From Detroit, Michigan, she has a B.A. from the University of Michigan in history and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from Boston University. Specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. social history, particularly women's history, Dr. Weiner has written a book on the female labor force in the U.S., a prize-winning article on the history of the La Leche League, and numerous other articles and reviews. Her current project is a history of babies in the U.S.