Stevens is an instructor of history with research interests in U.S. history.

Head of the Russian section, Hoogenboom teaches intellectual history, civilization, espionage history, and literature. Expert on Catherine the Great, she studies noble culture, civil society, corruption, and women writers.

Ruggles teaches courses in U.S. and world history and writes about culture and politics.

Wright's primary research interests include international conflict and security, civil conflict, state repression and human rights, and international international peacekeeping.

Talebi's research interests include Islam and nation-state, violence and memory, gender and sexuality, language and metaphor, prison and incarceration in contemporary Iran.

Dr. Stoff specializes in Russian, East European, women's and gender history and studies, and the history of war and society, with a specific focus on the First World War and revolution in Russia.

Vu is a historian of modern China focusing on war, death, memories, commemoration, virtues, and citizenship.