Ph.D. Students

Debbie Rayner

Debbie Rayner

Field of Study: 19th Century America
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Nelson
Dissertation Title: For the Love of Church and Country: Charles Hodge and the Dilemma of Slavery
Research Interest: I examine the role of the Presbyterian Church and Princeton Seminary in relation to the definition of biblical slavery. The rhetoric surrounding slavery is more complex than a northern or southern disagreement.

Fabian Rebolledo

Nicole Batten
Research Interest: Fabian Rebolledo is a non-traditional, first-generation student who hails from Las Vegas, Nevada. He received his Bachelor in the Arts of History from Nevada State College and is pursuing a Ph.D. in History from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the post-baccalaureate program. His concentration lies in the North American West, focusing specifically on the southwest borderlands, Mexican equestrian culture, and Mexican and Mexican American Identity. His research interests are grounded in identifying and interpreting the cultural traditions rooted in vaquero culture both within Mexico and throughout the American West. He aims to showcase the adaptations and incorporations of charreria in popular American culture and explore how rodeos often ignore this culture in contemporary "American" rodeo events.

James Steele

James Steele

Field of Study: American Popular Culture of the 20th Century
Advisor: Dr. Michael Green
Dissertation Title: “The Fire Over There”
Research Interest: The media frenzy surrounding the King beating and the subsequent civil unrest did not tell the whole story. This work explores the shortcomings of media coverage and the ways these events were described to the American people and the world.

Dakota Ciolkosz

Field of Study: European Culture and Society/Environmental History
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Brown
Research Interest: French eighteenth and nineteenth-century specifically the French Revolution, First French Empire, The Bourbon Restoration, as well as natural resource management in a historical context.

Marlisha "Katie" Cordell

Field of Study: Major - European History, Minor - U.S. History
Advisor: Dr. Michelle Tusan
Research Interest: International Relations and Diplomatic History.

Christopher Robbins

Field of Study: Major - European History, Minor - Public History
Advisor: Dr. Michelle Tusan
Research Interest: Victorian & Edwardian Spiritualism and Spiritualism in the U.S. Role of Women as Mediums.

Masters Students

Eric O'Bayley

Field of Study: Major – European History, Minor – Public History
Research Interest: Russian Emigres in Exile and Asians in professional wrestling

Quinn Winner

Field of Study: Major - U.S. History, Minor - Public History
Research Interest: Social History, community bonds, identity in urban environments and labor history

Nicole Honold

Field of Study: Major - European History, Minor - Public History
Research Interest: Early Modern English Women as household managers and leaders within the domestic private sphere