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." View LinkedIn Profile

Professor of Art History, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research Program 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

Associate Professor of Religion and History 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." View LinkedIn Profile

Professor of History Emerita, Curator of Jenks Memorial Collection

Professor of History, Chair of History, Philosophy, and Religion 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."