Faculty
![Gerald R. Butters, Jr., PhD](/_files/img/academics/faculty/gerald-butters.jpg)
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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![Libby Escobedo, PhD](/_files/img/academics/faculty/libby-escobedo.jpg)
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
![John W. McCormack, PhD](/_files/img/academics/faculty/john-mccormack.jpg)
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."
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Professor of History Emerita, Curator of Jenks Memorial Collection
![Mark Soderstrom, PhD](/_files/img/academics/faculty/mark-soderstrom.jpg)
Associate Professor of History, Chair of History Department, Director of Environmental Studies
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."