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The Department of History at Illinois State University is an academic department associated with the College of Arts and Sciences. The History department at Illinois State is one of the largest in Illinois having over 600 full time students, graduate and undergraduate. The history department is quite extensive with over 100 classes to choose from anywhere from the military history of Europe to culture in countries in Africa. With ISU being known as a teaching school their History- Social Sciences Teacher Education program has been cited as one of the leaders in that field.

Illinois State University Department of History
College	College of Arts and Sciences
Dean	Gregory B. Simpson
Location	Schroeder Hall, Illinois State University, Normal Illinois
Website	http://history.illinoisstate.edu/

Background

Illinois State University was founded in 1857 as a training school for teachers and is the oldest public university in Illinois. It original name however was Illinois State Normal University and was not change to ISU until 1968 after the University had expanded and evolved into the liberal arts university people know it as today.

The Program Today

Illinois State University's History department and program is one of the largest in the state with over 600 full-time under-graduate and graduate students and over 100 courses to choose from. The department offers two different tracks for history majors, a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts degree. Although, no matter which degree one seeks the history department requires 36 hours, four required history courses, and 18 hours of History electives.

Phi Alpha Theta, a National History Honor Society, has a mission to promote the study of history while encouraging research, good teaching, and the sharing of learning and ideas among fellow historians. Illinois State's chapter, Mu Upsilion, was founded in 1967 under Professor Lucy Lucile Tasher. Undergraduate students who wish to be part of this society must have completed four history courses and have a minimum of a 3.1 GPA.

The history department as has an honors program. Admission into the program is only by application or invitation. As part of the program students work with a faculty member and must complete a thesis. When the thesis is completed students either present part of their work to the History Department Honors Colloquium or defend their thesis to faculty members. If the program is completed students will recieve honors at the time of graduation.

Illinois State has a flexible yet challenging masters program unique to the University. The program has very few requirements which encourages students to broaden their horizons and take courses that are outside of their regular interests. Students are required to take a minimum of 20 hours of course work at the 400 level, meet a research requirement, complete the course HIS 496, and meet a capstone requirement. Most students in the masters program who attend full time compete their degrees in three or four semesters.

Careers

Majoring in history may seem vague or useful, but this is not true. While taking history courses at Illinois State University a students learn to excel at written and oral communication skills, critical thinking, and research skills. With these skills a history major has what many employers look for, thus they can join many different fields. Considering Illinois State University started out as a teaching school one of the most popular fields at the University is History-Social Sciences Education. More than half of history majors are part of this field and go into teaching. However, this is not the only job one can have. History majors may have jobs in any of the following:

Education, Archivist, CIA, FBI, Foreign Service, Bureau of the Census, Smithsonian Institution, Urban planning Institutions, Tourism bureaus, United Nations, Advertising agencies, Art galleries, Genealogist, Journalist Librarian, Social service agencies, Book conservator, Editor, Congressional Aide, Demographer, Museum director, Curator Lobbyist, Marketing Research Analyst, Research Assistant, Self-employed Consulting Historian.

Faculty

Name	Year	Degree	Position
Agbenyega Tony Adedze	1987, 1990, 1999	Université du Benin, Lome, Togo, B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D.	Associate professor
Roger Biles	1972, 1974, 1981	University of Illinois, Urbana, B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana, M.A. University of Illinois, Chicago, Ph.D	Professor
Tina Brakebill	1999, 2002	Illinois State University, B.S. Illinois State University, M.S.	Instructional Assistant Professor
Kyle E. Ciani	1981, 1991, 1998	University of San Diego, B.A. University of San Diego, M.A. Michigan State University, Ph.D.	Associate professor
Linda Clemmons	1991, 1992, 1998	University of Illinois, B.S. University of Illinois, M.A. University of Illinois, Ph.D.	Associate Professor
Anthony Crubaugh	1985, 1989, 1996	University of Chicago, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. Columbia University, Ph.D.	Associate Professor and Chair
Ron Gifford	1999	Indiana University, Ph.D.	Instructional Assistant Professor
Andrew Hartman	1994, 2003, 2006	University of New Mexico, B.A. The George Washington University, M.A. The George Washington University, Ph.D.	Associate Professor
David Johnson	1963, 1976, 1993	Illinois Wesleyan University, B.S. Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Illinois State University, M.S. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, ABD	Instructional Assistant Professor of History & Geography
Ross Kennedy	1983, 1988, 1994	University of California, Berkeley, A.B. University of California, Berkeley, M.A. University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.	Professor
Louis G. Perez	1973, 1975, 1986	California State University, Long Beach, B.A. California State University, Long Beach, M.A. University of Michigan, Ph.D.	Professor
Toure Reed	1992, 1996, 1997, 2002	Hampshire College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. Columbia University, M. Phil. ColumbiaUniversity, Ph.D.	Associate professor
Daniel Stump	1987, 2000	Iowa State University, M.A. Illinois State University, D.A.	Instructional Assistant Professor
Georgia Tsouvala	1999, 2008	Hunter College, City University of New York, B.A. Graduate Center, City University of New York, Ph.D.	Associate Professor
Christine Varga-Harris	1993, 1995, 2005	McGill University, Montreal, Canada, B.A. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, M.A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D.	Associate Professor

Alumni

Name	Class year	Degree	Notability
Corey Cox	2009, Master’s from the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies	BS in History and Philosophy
Tim Frank	1994	M.S.	Chairman of the American arm of the Chinese company Sany Heavy Industry
Dan Greer	2006	B.S.	Works for a large financial services firm in Plano, Texas
Chris Helms	2009	M.S.	Collections Manager and Registrar at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago
Natalie Olinger	2007	B.S.	Southeast Asia Historian
Marla Tetzlaff	2011	B.S. majored in history and minored in information systems	software application engineer at Charles Schwab
Vanda Rajcan	2011	M.S.	Researcher at the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.
Whitney Wilda	2006, 2007	B.S., M.S.	Teacher at Hinsdale Central High School
Michael Bullington	1983, 1989		Senior Manager for McDonald’s Golden Archives and an expert spokesperson on McDonald’s history
sortname Jason klokkenga	1999	B.S. and a masters in educational administration	Teaches Social Studies at Normal Community West High School and works with the history department on the Capitol Forum project}