Faculty Profiles
George Giacumakis
Professor of History, Department Chair
Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1963; M.A. Brandeise University, 1961; B.A. Shelton College, 1959.
Judith Mendelsohn Rood, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Chicago, 1993; MA Georgetown University 1982; BA New College, 1980; Specialization in Middle Eastern and Islamic History
C. David Peters, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Leland Edward Wilshire, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington B.A 1957: Specialties in Medieval, Roman, Renaissance and Reformation studies along with Church History, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, 1960, 1962: Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1967; Th.M., M. Div.,
Daniel Christensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of World History
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 2004; M.A. University of California, Riverside, 1999; B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1996; B.A. Crossroads College, 1982.
Evanson Wamagatta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
B.A. Hons. 1985, University of Nairobi; M.A. in History, 1989; University of Nairobi Ph.D. in History 2001, West Virginia University
Alicia Dewey
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. Southern Methodist University, 2007; MA Southern Methodist University, 2005; J.D. Southern Methodist University, 1987; B.A. Davidson College, 1984.
Paul Rood
Adjunct Faculty of Political Science
Adjunct Political Science; BA Claremont McKenna College, 1975; MA Claremont Graduate University, 1976
John Gruendyke
Adjunct Faculty of History, Government and Constitutional Law
BA University of Redlands 1956; MA California State University Los Angeles, 1966; Southwestern School of Law, 1974
Patrick Lampman
Adjunct Faculty of History
BA Biola University, 1969; MA California State College Long Beach, 1972; Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, 1980
Scott A. Waller
Adjunct Faculty of Political Science
BS Southwest Missouri State University, 1987; MA Biola University, 1999; MA Claremont, 2008; Ph.D. Candidate Claremont, 2003-present
Friends of the Department
Dietrich Buss, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History
Biola University, 1976; Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University 1976; M.A. California State University, Los Angeles, 1966; B.A. Biola University, 1963.
Marie-Claude Ford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Science
B.A. Aix-en-Provence, France 1984; MA University of Aix-en Provence, France 1986; Ph.D. in Geography, University of Cincinnati, 1993
Georgia Gene Berryhill, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Fulbright Senior Scholar
Ph.D. Walden University, 1993; MA California State University, Los Angeles; BA California State University, Long Beach, 1979.