History Faculty and Staff

Dr. Sturtevant is a historian of Early America with an emphasis on Indigenous history and the history of colonialism. He is writing a book about Pontiac's War, in which some Native people tried to remove the British occupiers from the Great Lakes area. He regularly teaches the methodology courses, HIST 288 and HIST 489 and has done student-faculty research.

Professor Turner is a specialist in Modern France, with research interests in European, Interdisciplinary, and Comparative History.  She teaches a variety of courses in these areas, including "Modern France,"  "Global Antisemitism," "20th century Europe,"  and "Human Rights and the Origins of Current World Conflicts."  She is currently Graduate Director of the Department's graduate programs in Master of Arts in History and Master of Arts in Public History. 

Margaret Weber is a Teaching Professor in History at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. She received a doctoral degree in Rural, Agricultural, Technological, and Environmental History Program from Iowa State University in 2018. She specializes in the history of agricultural systems and food production in the 20th century. Weber has published articles and essays in Agricultural History, HNET, and Enterprise & Society. She also teaches World History, US History, Women and Gender History, and Global History of Food and Disease.