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Meet our faculty

Our faculty are active scholars and teachers who hail from a wide range of educational backgrounds and cover many facets of the disciplines today. Historical expertise includes cultural and social history, public history, digital humanities, field archaeology and anthropology; political science expertise includes American, comparative and international politics with a wide array of specializations. All full-time faculty hold PhDs in their fields and have published extensively in their field of study. Our faculty and instructors are committed to working closely with Messiah University history and politics and international relations majors, mentoring and advising them regarding their coursework, independent research projects and career planning.

Dr. Robin Lauermann
Dr. Robin Lauermann

Professor of Politics, Chair of Department of History, Politics and International relations

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Dr. John Fea
Dr. John Fea

Professor of History

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Dr. Joseph P. Huffman
Dr. Joseph P. Huffman

Distinguished Professor of European History

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Dr. James B. LaGrand
Dr. James B. LaGrand

Professor of American History, Director of the University Honors Program

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Dr. Bernardo A. Michael
Dr. Bernardo A. Michael

Professor of History (on Research Leave 2021-2022 academic year)

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Dr. Sarah Myers
Dr. Sarah Myers

Assistant Professor of History

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Dr. David K. Pettegrew
Dr. David K. Pettegrew

Professor of History and Archaeology

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Dr. Paul Rego
Dr. Paul Rego

Professor of Politics

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Dr. Jason Renn
Dr. Jason Renn

Assistant Professor of Politics

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Cathay Snyder
Cathay Snyder

Instructor, United States Survey, and Coordinator, National History Day

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Adjunct Faculty

Courtney Hopcraft
Courtney Hopcraft

Adjunct professor

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George Scott
George Scott

Adjunct professor

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