Faculty

Professor of History
Office Phone: 630-844-5615
Email: gbutters@aurora.edu
Areas of expertise: United States history since 1865, gender, race, American popular culture
Education:
PhD, History, University of Kansas
MA, History, University of Missouri-Kansas City
BA, History and Political Science, Washburn University
Favorite thing about AU: "The intelligence and compassion of my fellow professors."
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Associate Professor of Art History
Office Phone: 630-844-3829
Email: lescobed@aurora.edu
Areas of expertise: Medieval art and architecture, northern Renaissance art and architecture, iconography, interactions between text and image
Education:
PhD, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
MA, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
BA, Art History, UCLA

Professor of History
Office Phone: 630-844-6869
Email: mforward@aurora.edu
Areas of expertise: The Middle East, European colonialism and its consequences, interreligious encounters, world history
Education:
PhD, Religious Studies, University of Bristol (UK)
MLitt with Distinction, Islamic Modernism in India, University of Lancaster (UK)
MA, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Cambridge (UK)
BA, University of Manchester (UK)

Assistant Professor of Religion
Office Phone: 630-844-5267
Email: jmccormack@aurora.edu
Areas of expertise: History of Christianity, religion and politics, world religions, early modern Europe, France, Latin America
Education:
PhD, History, University of Notre Dame
MA, History, University of Notre Dame
MA, Religion, Yale University
BA, History, Yale University
Favorite thing about AU: "Engaging in the process of cultural discovery and self-evaluation with our hard-working, curious students."
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Professor of History Emerita, Curator of Jenks Memorial Collection

Associate Professor of History, Chair of History Department
Office Phone: 630-844-6196
Email: msoderst@aurora.edu
Areas of expertise: Russia and the Soviet Union, environmental history, world history, East Asia
Education:
PhD, History, Ohio State University
MA, History, Central Michigan University
BA, History and Political Science, Central Michigan University
Favorite thing about AU: "Our students."