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Dr. Amy L. Sopcak Joseph

Dr. Amy Sopcak-Joseph is an American historian focusing on early American social, cultural and economic history, especially the history of the book and women's and gender history.

In 2020, her dissertation, Fashioning American Women: Godey's Lady's Book, Female Consumers, and Periodical Publishing in the Nineteenth Century, was awarded the prestigious Zuckerman Prize in American Studies by the McNeil Center for Early America Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to earning her PhD. at the University of Connecticut, she worked as a public history professional at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA, making her a tremendous resource for students interested in public history and digital history. In her classes, she has led trips to the Luzerne County Historical Society and organized students in the creation of the 杏吧直播appin 2020 collection, to document the life of the campus community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She also facilitates opportunities for students outside the classroom, receiving a grant for the History Research Lab, mentoring students in primary source research over the summer. Her advisees have also taken advantage of opportunities in digital history, recent projects include .

Dr. Akira Shimizu

Dr. Akira Shimizu is a specialist in the history of Japan and East Asia, receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is particularly interested in the history of daily life, food and foodways, which is reflected in his research. His first book, , and his current research is on the history of 蝉补办茅. Dr. Shimizu brings this interest in food and his experience as a former professional chef into the classroom teaching courses on global food history, as well as courses on global history and the history of Japan and East Asia.

Dr. Jonathan Kuiken

Dr. Jonathan Kuiken is specialist in the history of the British Empire and energy history, focusing on the development of the international oil industry, receiving his Ph.D. in History from Boston College. He teaches global history courses as well as a unique 鈥淓nergy in History鈥� course, which is part of Wilkes鈥� interdisciplinary Energy Studies minor and has published articles on the British Empire in post-colonial Africa and British oil policy in the leading up to the 1973 oil crisis.

Dr. Kuiken leads the Contemporary History Project at Wilkes, which organizes speakers and events that put contemporary events in historical context.

He also advises the student-led History Behind the Headlines podcast, which is a great opportunity for students to get experience work on projects in public history and digital history.

Dr. Chelsea D. Chamberlain

Dr. Chelsea D. Chamberlain is a historian of modern America. Her research and teaching focus on US histories of citizenship, education, medicine and disability. Dr. Chamberlain earned her PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a MA from the University of Montana. Her research on the history of institutionalization in Pennsylvania has appeared in the Journal of Social History and the academic blog Nursing Clio.

Currently, she serves on the advisory board of the Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance and as the Humanities Advisor for the documentary film The Fate of Human Beings, which explores the history and memorialization of institution cemeteries.