Penn State University

 

Contact Information:

Institution Web Site: http://www.psu.edu
Department Address: 108 Weaver Building
History Department
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Department Web Site: http://www3.la.psu.edu/histrlst/grad01.htm
Degrees Offered: M.A, Ph.D.
Department Point of Contact: Prof. Carol Reardon
Director of Graduate Studies: 2002-03
Point of Contact Address: 108 Weaver Building
History Department
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Point of Contact Phone: (814) 865-1641
Point of Contact Email: CAR9@psu.edu

 

Penn State University does offer graduate assistantships.

 

Military History Faculty:

Faculty Member #1

Faculty Name: Carol Reardon
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1987
School Conferring Highest Degree: University of Kentucky
Areas of Specialization: US Military
Civil War
Vietnam
Memory

 

Faculty Member #2

Faculty Name: Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1973
School Conferring Highest Degree: Yale University
Areas of Specialization: Civil War-era Civil-Military Relations

 

Faculty Member #3

Faculty Name: Sophie de Schaepdrijver
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1990
School Conferring Highest Degree: Amsterdam
Areas of Specialization: WWI Europe
Memory
Low Countries

 

Faculty Member #4

Faculty Name: Sylvia Neely
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1991
School Conferring Highest Degree: Notre Dame
Areas of Specialization: Napoleonic France

 

Faculty Member #5

Faculty Name: William A. Blair
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1995
School Conferring Highest Degree: Penn State University
Areas of Specialization: Civil War Social History

 

Faculty Member #6

Faculty Name: Ben Vinson
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree: Columbia University
Areas of Specialization: Latin American Military History

 

Faculty Member #7

Faculty Name: Mark Munn
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1983
School Conferring Highest Degree: Pennsylvania
Areas of Specialization: Ancient Greece

 

Faculty Member #8

Faculty Name: Benjamin T. Hudson
Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D., 1983
School Conferring Highest Degree: Oxford
Areas of Specialization: Early Scotland, England and Ireland

 

Special Library Strengths:

Penn State's graduate program is enhanced by its close connection with the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, which can be accessed at http://www.richardscenter.psu.edu/index.htm.