Ruth approaches history through the lens of source analysis and argumentative writing, teaching students to move from "what happened" to "why it mattered" in their essays and exam responses. Her liberal arts training at the University of Alabama, where she graduated summa cum laude, built the kind o...

Martha's research at Michigan examines how culture shapes psychological processes across societies, giving her a natural entry point into history's big questions about social movements, colonialism, and cross-cultural exchange. She teaches students to analyze primary sources critically and construct...

Growing up with a teacher for a mother and later volunteering as a tutor in underfunded Manhattan public schools, Jason learned early that history clicks when students see themselves in it — connecting their own neighborhoods and communities to broader patterns of change. His business administration...

Michael approaches history the way he approaches physics: by asking what evidence supports a claim and whether the reasoning holds up. His philosophy background and extensive academic writing experience make him especially effective at teaching students to analyze primary sources, construct cause-an...

An MD/PhD candidate at Michigan Medical School, Suzie spends her research days reading across disciplines — parsing how scientific discoveries, public policy, and social conditions intertwine, which is essentially what good historical analysis demands. Her chemical and biological engineering backgro...

A liberal arts curriculum at NYU Abu Dhabi exposed Mary to global historical perspectives that most U.S.-centered courses skip, from postcolonial theory to cross-cultural primary source analysis. She approaches history as argument-building: teaching students to read sources critically, identify caus...

Skyler's MA in Russian, Central and Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies means she doesn't treat history as a list of dates — she treats it as overlapping narratives shaped by politics, culture, and geography. She teaches students to read primary sources critically, construct cause-and-effect argu...

Teaching a first-year social sciences seminar at the University of Michigan gave Ceren practice breaking down how historical arguments are built — sourcing evidence, identifying bias, and connecting events across periods. She approaches history as a discipline of interpretation, which makes document...

Megan approaches history the way she approaches literary analysis: by teaching students to read sources critically and build arguments from evidence rather than summaries. Her interdisciplinary background — a biology degree from Michigan and a doctorate in German literature at Princeton — means she ...

An English major at Yale, Sophia reads historical texts the way she reads literature — closely, looking for whose voice is centered, what's left out, and how narrative choices shape interpretation. That literary training makes her especially effective at teaching students to dissect primary source d...