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Cyndee Breshock

Administrator for Chair and Faculty Affairs

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 331

Phone: (773) 702-8394

c-breshock@uchicago.edu

Contact me about faculty searches; questions on other academic appointments; department space and operating budget matters; and scheduling a meeting w...

Sheena Finnigan

Program Administrator and Lecturer

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 329

Phone: (773) 702-5961

sfinnigan@uchicago.edu

Contact me about any aspect of the department website, social media, or news; department events planning; graduate teaching appointments; and course s...

David L. Goodwine Jr.

Department Office Assistant

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 332

Phone: (773) 702-8397

dgoodwine@uchicago.edu

Contact me regarding Research Assistantships, PhD examination arrangements (Dissertation Defense, Proposal Hearing, PhD Field Exams), dissertation sub...

Peggy Heffington

Assistant Senior Instructional Professor; Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office Hours:

Autumn Quarter 2024

In person: Tuesday, and Thursday, 2:00-4:00pm

Zoom: Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 225D

poheffington@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Modern US history; histories of women, gender, and feminism

PhD'16 University of California, BerkeleyAB'09 Pomona CollegeAUTUMN QUARTER 2024OFFICE HOURS: IN-PERSON SIGN UP LINKOFFICE HOURS: ZOOM SIGN UP LINKFIE...

Adrian Johns

Allan Grant Maclear Distinguished Service Professor of History, the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College, Department Chair

Office Hours:

Spring Quarter 2025

Friday, 10:00am-12:00pm or by appointment

Office: William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, West Tower, room 602 Mailbox 45

Phone: (773) 702-2334

johns@uchicago.edu

Interests:

History of science; British history; history of the book and other media; history of information; history of intellectual property and piracy

University of Cambridge, PhD '92BIOGRAPHYAdrian Johns is the author of The Science of Reading: Information, Media, and Mind in Modern America (Chicago...

Sonja Rusnak

Graduate Affairs Administrator

Office: Social Science Research Building, room 334

Phone: (773) 702-3150

srusnak@uchicago.edu

Contact me about PhD program requirements including the Mentored Teaching Experience (MTE) requirement; PhD admissions; PhD fellowships and job market...