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History and Political Science Faculty

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Jamie Frueh
Associate Professor of History & Political Science
Department Chair

Office: Flory 210
540-828-5764
jfrueh@bridgewater.edu
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University
Ph.D., American University
Teaching Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Special Interests: Political Identity, South Africa, Conflict Resolution, Global messages about HIV and HIV prevention

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Bob Andersen
W. Harold Row Professor of International Studies
Office: Flory 317
540-828-5350
randerse@bridgewater.edu
B.A., Macalester College
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Denver
Teaching Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Special Interests: Costa Rica

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Clifford D. Harmon
Instructor of History
Office: Flory 18
540-828-8021
charmon@bridgewater.edu
B.A., Auburn University
M.A, University of New Orleans
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching Fields: World History
Special Interests: Napoleonic France, Military History, British cars and fencing

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Jennifer Duncan
Assistant Professor of History
Office: Flory 207
540-828-5320
jsduncan@bridgewater.edu
B.A., University of Georgia
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Teaching Fields: Modern France, Modern Europe, World History, European Women's History, Modern Africa, Post-Colonial Immigration
Special Interests: French Women's Movement, Print Culture, Francophone Women Writers, 1968, Algerian War

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Jim Josefson
Associate Professor of Political Science

Office: Flory 217
540-828-5322
jjosefso@bridgewater.edu
B.S., Carroll College
M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Teaching Fields: American Politics and Political Theory
Special Interests: Political Parties, Political Identity, American Arts and Crafts
Faculty Advisor: Pre-Law Society, Young Democrats

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Stephen L. Longenecker
Professor of History & Political Science
Office: Flory 206
540-828-5321
slongene@bridgewater.edu
B.S., Shippensburg University
M.A., West Virginia University
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Teaching Fields: American History, especially social history and Southern U.S.
Special Interests: American Religious History
Faculty Advisor: Pep Band
Co-chair: Forum for Religious Studies

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Brandon D. Marsh
Assistant Professor of History
Office: Flory 206
540-828-5657
bmarsh@bridgewater.edu
B.A., Lewis and Clark College
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Fields: South Asia, Middle East, European Imperialism, World History
Special Interests: The British Raj in South Asia

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Jason Vuic
Assistant Professor of History

Office: Flory 205
540-828-5323
jvuic@bridgewater.edu
B.A. Wake Forest University (1994); M.A. University of Richmond (1997); Ph.D. Indiana University (2005)
Teaching Fields: European History, World History
Special Interests: The cultural history of Eastern Europe and America during the Cold War, the Balkan Wars, the modern Olympics.
Recent Publications: The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History (Hill and Wang, 2010)

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Kara Dixon Vuic
Assistant Professor of History
In 2011-2012, Dr. Vuic will be in residence as a Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Office: Flory 200
540-515-3791
kvuic@bridgewater.edu
B.A., Marshall University
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Teaching Fields: U.S. History, Women's History, War and Society, Vietnam War, African American History
Special Interests: Women, Gender, War, Militarism
Book Review editor, Minerva Journal of Women and War
Recent Publications: Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010; paperback 2011)