Faculty Directory
History
Adams, Winthrop Lindsay
214 Carlson Hall
Phone: 581-8592
E-mail: winthrop.adams@m.cc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Ancient Macedonia, Military
History, Roman Imperialism, Frontier Studies, Roman Britain,
Archaeology.
Student Participation: Bibliographic work, photocopying, inter-library
loan, general research.
Background Needed: None other than general interest.
Outside Majors: Classics, Art History, Anthropology, Political
Science, Geography.
Key Words: Archaeology, Caesar, Alexander, Roman Britain, Imperialism.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Coleman, Ronald
211 Carlson Hall
Phone: 581-7569
E-mail: rcoleman@utah.edu
General Research Interest: African American History specifically
Western Black History.
Student Participation: Read microfilm materials regarding census
record and newspapers.
Background Needed: Good eyesight, basic skills reading, writing,
analytical.
Outside Majors: Liberal Arts Areas.
Key Words: African Americans in Western History.
Student generated projects may be considered.
McDannell, Colleen
320 Carlson Hall
Phone: 581-4748
E-mail: Colleen.McD@utah.edu
General Research Interest: American religious history and culture.
Student Participation: Library, archival & newspaper research.
Background Needed: Course work in either history or philosophy,
interest in the academic study of religion.
Outside Majors: History, Philosophy, Ethnic Studies, Women's
Studies, Anthropology, Sociology.
Key Words: Religion, American Culture, history.
Student generated projects not possible.
Porter, Susie S.
211 Carlson Hall
Phone: 581-6121
E-mail: S.Porter@utah.edu
General Research Interest: Latin America, Mexico, Women's History,
Industrialization.
Student Participation: Might include reading Spanish
language documents, doing a literature review or tracking
down sources in the library.
Background Needed: Useful but not required: Spanish
language skills, Excel, willingness to do "gofer" work (tracking
down library resources), and reading old newspapers on microfilm.
Outside Majors: Any major with a Latin American Studies
component including Anthropology, Spanish and Women's Studies.
Key Words: Women, Latin America, Mexico, sex, industrialization.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Smelser, Ronald
209 Carlson Hall
Phone: 581-6504
E-mail: rmsmelse@lrc.hum.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Modern Germany, social, political
business & labor history. Current long-range projects with the impact
of Nazi labor & social policy at the factory level; also with memories
of World War II.
Student Participation: Library, archival & newspaper research.
Background Needed: Some course work in European history desirable;
a reading knowledge of German desirable.
Outside Majors: History, German, Economics, Sociology, Psychology,
Communications.
Key Words: Germany, Nazi Regime, history, social policy, business
& labor, World War II.
Student generated projects not possible.
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