Contact Information

John C. Swanson
Chair of History and Sociology/Anthropology

(315) 792-3242

History Faculty



Sherri G. Cash

, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

Phone: (315) 792-3147
Office: 102 DePerno Hall

Assistant Professor Sherri Goldstein-Cash earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in U.S. History. Professor Cash specializes in 19th century labor and women's history. Her research is on the Burned Over District of Upstate New York.


John C. Swanson

, Ph.D.
Assocaite Professor of History

Phone: (315) 792-3242
Office: 212 Faculty Center

Associate Professor John C. Swanson has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Professor Swanson's research interests focus on Central and Eastern Europe, especially questions of nationalism and ethnic identity.


Professor Wittner

David G. Wittner

, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

Phone: (315) 792-3332
Office: R308 Romano Hall

Associate Professor David G. Wittner holds a Ph.D. in East Asian History from The Ohio State University. Professor Wittner specializes in modern Japanese history, with a specialization in the history of technology in 19th century Japan.


Paul C. Young

, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

Phone: (315) 792-5281
Office: 100 DePerno Hall

Assistant Professor Paul Young has a Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Iowa. He specializes in modern US social history, African-American, and African history. Professor Young's research pertains to African-American labor movements in the 1920s and 1930s.