Winter Break Reminder: Collin College campuses will be closed from Wednesday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 4. Regular operating hours will resume Monday, Jan. 5, and Spring 2026 classes will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

History Faculty Listing

 

Allen Technical Campus    
Melody Miyamoto Walters   Joe Jaynes
A070M                                                A070D
972-548-6685   972-553-1158
mmiyamoto@collin.edu   jjaynes@collin.edu
American West   The Presidency, American Revolution, 1960s

Celina Campus  
Brett Adams  
108G  
972-377-1604  
badams@collin.edu   
Progressive Era, Environmental History, American West    
   

Farmersville Campus  
David J. Latona  
113-D  
972-549-6463  
dlatona@collin.edu  
American Civil War, FDR and the New Deal, The Cold War  

  Frisco Campus                
  Thomas L. Pickens Jr.    Monica S. Gallamore, PhD 
  J211   F162 
  972-548-6781   469-365-1849
  tpickens@collin.edu   mgallamore@collin.edu
  American Environmental, Old South, Texas   Women, Urban, Popular Culture, LGBTQ+
       
  Jason Morgan   Clint Starr, PhD 
  J219   J245
  972-377-1573   972-377-1703
  jmmorgan@collin.edu   cstarr@collin.edu
  Southern Africa, Imperialism and Decolonization, Diplomatic/International   Intellectuals, popular culture
       
  David Boozer   Chris Redgraves
  U117   L225
  972-377-1790   469-365-1946
  dboozer@collin.edu   credgraves@collin.edu
  Early America, Early American religion, slavery   African American Soldiers, American Imperialism, Early America, Modern America
       
  Jessica Betik   Mark D. Popowski
  jbetik@collin.edu   J217
  Early Modern Europe, Women's history    972-377-1601
      mpopowski@collin.edu
       

iCollin  
Melissa Johnson  
972-378-8508  
msjohnson@collin.edu  
Nineteenth Century America, Industrialization  

McKinney Campus    
Matt K. Hamilton, Ph.D.   Monica Cubberly 
C201B   E209
214-491-6258   972-549-6403
mkhamilton@collin.edu    mcubberly@collin.edu
American Civil War and Reconstruction, Nineteenth-Century America, Antebellum U.S. South    
     
Cathleen Akers   Robert Whitaker
LA209   B233
972-549-6364   972-549-6349
cakers@collin.edu    bdwhitaker@collin.edu
        Modern America; Early Modern and Modern Europe; Empire; Crime and Policing; Security; Cybersecurity; Video Games                                    
     
John P. Williams, PhD     
B331    
jpwilliams@collin.edu    
Immigration to America, Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, World War I and the Lost Generation     

Plano Campus              
Adrienne Caughfield, PhD    John Hoenig, PhD  
B117   B119  
972-578-5576   972-881-5427  
acaughfield@collin.edu   jhoenig@collin.edu  
    American Food, Consumer Culture, Environmental, Technology  
Rachel Gunter, PhD      
B116      
972-881-5421      
rgunter@collin.edu      
U.S. Women and Gender; woman suffrage; voting rights; citizenship; social movements      
       
       
Samuel K. Tullock, PhD   Keith Volanto, PhD  
D223   L206  
972-881-5737   972-578-5531  
stullock@collin.edu   kvolanto@collin.edu  
    New Deal, Early 20th century U.S., Texas History, African American History  
       
Roger Ward, ABD   David Weiland, PhD  
B115A   L214  
972-516-5026   972-881-5948  
rward@collin.edu   dweiland@collin.edu  
Nineteenth Century America, African American history, Early Republic      
       
Kyle Wilkison, PhD   Nicole Donawho  
L269   Collegiate Academy   
972-881-5834   ndonawho@collin.edu  
kwilkison@collin.edu      
20th Century US, the US South and the Working Class      

  Rockwall Campus
   
   
   
   

Wylie Campus     
Ryan S. Pettengill, PhD   Krystal Humphreys                                     
SC 233   SC 238
972-378-8289   972-378-8441
rpettengill@collin.edu   kahumphreys@collin.edu
20th Century, Labor and Working Class History, Social Activism   20th Century U.S., Gender and Women's History