The 2025 Department of History Newsletter reports on the achievements of our majors and minors in History, graduate students, alumni, staff, faculty, and emeriti. You can find everything from publications to endowed fellowships in this document. Feature essays show how historians contribute to and shape our society. The Communications Committee this year is made up of Drs. Adela Cedillo, Matthew Clavin, N. L. A. Gharala, Gerald Horne, Kairn Klieman, Kristina Neumann, and Josiah Rector. We all worked hard on this record of what we have accomplished as a community and hope you enjoy reading it!

Transatlantic poetry critic and award-winning University of Houston scholar Sally Connolly has died. Connolly – a champion of students and faculty alike – passed away Sept. 28 after battling an aggressive cancer. She was 49.

Three scholars are joining the Department of African American Studies this fall, significantly expanding the relatively new department’s course offerings and research initiatives.