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By: Emily Jodway  When Dr. Alyssa Lopez stepped onto the campus of Michigan State University after earning her undergraduate degree at Queens College in New York, she was struck by the vastness of the campus and its many branches, from the Dairy Store to the… Continue Reading Dr. Alyssa Lopez continues to use valuable lessons learned from MSU History faculty to impact her own research and students at Providence College

By: Patti McDonald  Associate Professor of History Dr. Delia Fernández-Jones had a busy 2023. Before the start of the fall semester, she was promoted to a tenured position within the Department of History at Michigan State University.  “I’ve worked really hard for this accomplishment,” Dr.… Continue Reading Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Delia Fernández-Jones Associate Professor of History 

Associate Professor of History Dr. Charles Keith has recently published his second book, Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France. In it, Dr. Keith explores how French colonialism extended Indochina’s colonial society into France, where Indochinese subjects studied, labored, fought, and lived in imperial… Continue Reading Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University Dr. Charles Keith publishes second book

By: Patti McDonald  Before becoming a historian, Naoko Wake had dreamed of becoming a fiction writer.  “I was close to completing my Bachelor of Arts thesis in Kyoto, Japan at Kyoto University and I wanted to be a fiction writer, and I was publishing a… Continue Reading Research spotlight: Professor of History Dr. Naoko Wake 

The Department of History at Michigan State University would like to congratulate Associate Professor of History Dr. Sean Forner on receiving a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. The award will support archival fieldwork in… Continue Reading Associate Professor of History Dr. Sean Forner receives a Franklin Research Grant