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Academics/History/Faculty

History Faculty

FULL TIME FACULTY

Dr. Suzanne Farmer

Professor of History, Program Coordinator of History

farmer07@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3519
Dr. Suzanne Farmer

Degrees:

B.A. - University of Arkansas, M.A. - Western Illinois University; Ph.D. - University of Mississippi;

Teaching Areas:

Early and Modern Western Civilization, Renaissance-Reformation Era, Age of Absolute Kings, Tudor-Stuart Britain, Atlantic World, French Revolution and Napoleon, Modern Britain, Africa, and Colonial Latin America

J. Suzanne Farmer is a native of Southeast Arkansas who joined the faculty at NSU in the fall of 2011. She earned a Ph.D. in History with a concentration in British history from The University of Mississippi. Her specialties span the early modern period from the Renaissance through the French Revolution and Napoleonic era, and include the Atlantic World, Enlightenment, and revolutions. Her research interests include absolutism, the emergence of political economies in Restoration Britain, and the relationship between Enlightenment and revolution, whether in politics, economy, or society. She has published articles examining the relationship between politics and the economy in late-seventeenth-century England by exploring the political participation of wealthy merchants during the Restoration. She has also published on the historical context of ongoing cultural conflict in Northern Ireland. Her latest project explores women's participation in the English Enlightenment and their role in cataloging knowledge.

Jane Plummer

Assistant Professor of History, Coordinator of Social Studies Education

plumme02@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Jane Plummer

Teaching Areas: Social Studies Education

Dr. Lindsay Silver

Assistant Professor of History

silverl@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3521
Dr. Lindsay Silver

Degrees:

B.A. & M.A. – University of Michigan-Flint; Ph.D. Louisiana State University

Teaching Areas:

American History from the Colonial Era to the late nineteenth century, American South, Oklahoma History and Government

Lindsay Silver is a Michigan native who has spent 10 years in the South and the West before joining NSU. She earned a B.A. in History and M.A. in American Culture at the University of Michigan-Flint and a Ph.D. in American History at Louisiana State University. Her research interests include intersections of gender, race, and sexuality in American culture during the 19th century. Her current book project, The Life and Death of Kate Townsend: Gender and Power in New Orleans Prostitution, 1858-1883, will be published by Louisiana State University Press.

Dr. Denis Vovchenko

Professor of History

vovchenk@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3530
Dr. Denis Vovchenko

Degrees:

B.A. & M.A. - Moscow State Lomonosov University; M.A. & Ph.D. - University of Minnesota

Teaching Areas:

Early & Modern Western Civilization, Early and Modern World Civilizations, History of the Islamic World, Renaissance and Reformation, Russia in the Modern Era, Modern Germany, Europe, 1815-1914, Europe in the 20th Century, Intellectual and Social History of Modern Europe, Global History Since WWII.

Denis Vovchenko grew up as part of the Russian minority in Kazakhstan in the former Soviet Union. He studied for his B.A. and M.A. in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Moscow State Lomonosov University. He earned a Ph.D. in Modern European History and the Middle East from the University of Minnesota. Inspired by his religious and cultural heritage, together with a love of learning new languages, Dr. Vovchenko has written several articles about the religious and political aspects of Russia's relations with the Balkans and the Middle East. His book, Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians (1856-1914), is published by Oxford University Press.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Marcus Edison

Adjunct Instructor of History

edison@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3520
Marcus Edison

Degrees:

B.A. & M.A. - Northeastern State University

Teaching Areas:

Marcus Edison holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Northeastern State University. Mr. Edison has taught face-to-face and online survey courses in History and Political Science at NSU since 2008. He also works in the transportation industry and performs duties as a certified Referee Instructor, Referee Assignor, and referee in soccer.

John Turner

Adjunct Instructor of History

turner05@nsuok.edu | 918-444-3603
John Turner

Degrees:

M.A. in American Studies – Northeastern State University; B.A. in History - University of Tulsa; Certificate in Classical Studies from the University of Tulsa

I am an avid movie watcher, traveler, and reader.I am constantly traveling and exploring new places. I love the possibilities of meeting new people and seeing new cultures! I have a passion for education and making sure that students are enlightened about the world around them.

Ask me about my Corgi! Her name is Molly and she is the sweetest.