History Faculty

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.

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.

Jack Reavis is a retired Muskogee Public Schools educator. He teaches courses in American History at NSU.