Richard Candida-Smith
Professor of History and Director, Regional Oral History Project

B.A. UC Los Angeles ’69
Ph.D. UC Los Angeles ’92

Expertise: United States intellectual and cultural history; oral history theory and methodology.

John Efron
Professor of History

B.A. Monash University, Australia ’76
Ph.D. Columbia University ’91

Expertise: German Jewish cultural history with special emphasis on the role of medicine in the formation of modern Jewish identity.

Jennifer Spear
Assistant Professor of History

B.A. Hampshire College ’88
Ph.D. University of Minnesota ’99

Expertise: Encounters among Indians, Africans and Europeans in North America and their impact on the formation of colonial societies, cultures, and identities.