The Department of History at Pittsburg State University
Faculty and Staff
Chair
- John L. S. Daley, Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Kent State University. Specializations: U.S. Military, Middle Period and Civil War, U.S. Immigration and Modern Germany. jdaley@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4312.
Faculty
- Jonathan F. Dresner, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University. Specializations: 19th Century Japan, East Asia, Migration, Social, World. jdresner@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4315. - Kathleen G. Fischer, Instructor
M.A., Pittsburg State University. Specializations: Late 19th Century U.S. Social, Early American Republic, U.S. Women and Research Methods. katfisch@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4319. - Stephen A. Harmon, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Specializations: Africa, Middle East, Islam and Latin America. sharmon@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4314. - James B. M. Schick, University Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Indiana University. Specializations: Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Contemporary and Future America, and Historiography. jschick@pittstate.edu Office phone: 620/235-4317. - Judith G. Shaw, Associate Professor
ABD, University of Texas. Specializations: European Intellectual, Ancient, Medieval Europe, England and France.jshaw@pittstate.edu Office phone: 620/235-4318. - Kelly A. Woestman, Professor and Director of History Education
Ph.D., University of North Texas. Specializations: 20th Century U.S., U.S. Diplomatic, Oral, Local, Borderlands, Teacher Education. woestman@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4316.
Administrative Staff
- Sarah Tosh, Administrative Specialist
stosh@pittstate.edu Office phone 620/235-4312.
Professor Emeritus and Retired Faculty
- Robert K. Ratzlaff, Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas. Specializations: Jacksonian America, Antebellum South and Kansas. - Thomas R. Walther, Professor
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Specializations: 19th Century U.S., American Economic, American West, Kansas and Native American.

