The Department of History at Marshall University is a growing, active department of fourteen full-time faculty and twelve experienced adjuncts. Each semester we offer more than 70 courses (including 14 fully online), which meet the needs of over 2100 students. Currently, the department serves 170 undergraduate majors and 40 MA students. We welcome and encourage student interaction, emphasize reading, writing, and critical analysis skills, and promote chronological, cultural, and geographic diversity. Our alumni are employed in a variety of fields from law to city planner and serve on the faculty of History Departments across the United States.

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Department of History Award Winners

2012 – 2013

Pickens-Queen Teaching Award
Dr. Laura Michele Diener

Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia Professor of the Year: Finalist
Dr. Daniel Holbrook

2011 – 2012

Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. Daniel Holbrook

2008 – 2009

College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher Award
Dr. Montserrat Miller

2007-2008
Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia Professor of the Year
Dr. Montserrat Miller

Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. David Mills

Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award
Dr. William Palmer

Pickens-Queen Teaching Award
Dr. Phillip Rutherford

2006-2007
Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. Montserrat Miller

College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher Award
Dr. Daniel Holbrook

 2005-2006

College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher Award
Dr. Montserrat Miller