Faculty & Staff

Dr. Paul Nienkamp has an MA in Physics from Creighton University and Ph.D. in the History of Technology and Science from Iowa State University. His areas of interest are the history of education, history of science and technology, American agricultural history, 19^th century American history, and interdisciplinary studies and learning. He teaches American and world history survey courses, early American Republic, the Civil War era, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Kansas History, and is the Director of History Secondary Education. He currently serves as the chair of the Department of History and Philosophy.

Professor of History
Chair of Department of History and Philosophy
Director of History Education Program
Ph.D., Iowa State University 2008

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 385
711 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5584
pknienkamp@fhsu.edu
Dr. Paul Nienkamp's Homepage

Andrew Howard earned his Ph.D. from Ohio University in 2023 after previously working as an academic editor in publishing and receiving his B.A. in History and Religion at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013. He is a historian of the British Empire in South Asia, with his research focusing on the British intervention in the mountainous province of Kashmir in 1885. He is currently writing a book on the British failure to connect Kashmir by railroad with the rest of British India. At his previous position at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, he taught World History by focusing on the theme of empires, from the Persian Empire to the British Empire, and he also taught History of Religions. He has spent many years studying Hindi and Urdu languages and enjoys utilizing them in his research and while traveling in India. His historical interests include imperialism, politics, diplomacy, war and peace, language, and environment. He especially relishes helping students make sense of why the past happened the way it did and how it shaped the present world we live in today. Outside class, he is an avid trail runner and hiker, and a lover of animals and nature.

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D. Ohio University 2023

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 382
711 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-4219
athoward@fhsu.edu
Dr. Howard's home page

Marco A. Macias earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona in 2018. Before that, he had received two masters in Latin American Studies and Public Administration and a bachelor’s in Political Science, History, and Latin American Studies. He specializes in Latin American history, with a concentration in Mexico. His areas of interest are in cultural studies and sensory history. He is currently developing a monograph on Francisco Villa and his portrayals in popular culture and collective memory.

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Arizona 2019

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 370
711 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5875
m_macias2@fhsu.edu
Dr. Marco Macias' Homepage

Hollie Marquess is the Dr. Leo Oliva Distinguished Professor of History at FHSU. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in History from Fort Hays State University. She specializes in American history (colonial era to the present), women’s history, gender, and sexuality. In addition to the survey courses, she teaches Orientation to History, Historical Methods, Women in American History, History of Sexuality, LBGTQ World History, WWII, America Between the Wars, and Colonial and Revolutionary America. She is currently working on adding new courses to the program’s offerings including Sports in U.S. History, WWII Resistance Movements, and 19^th Century Social Movements. Her most recent research project can be viewed at https://www.mwholocaustmap.com/. A collaboration with Dr. Amber Nickell, this Digital Humanities mapping project maps Holocaust survivor’s oral testimonies using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Lecturer of History
B.A. at Fort Hays State University 2006
M.A. at Fort Hays State University 2009

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 381
711 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5869 
hamarquess@fhsu.edu
Ms. Hollie Marquess' Homepage

Dan was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and California and earned a BA in History from San Francisco State University. He worked for 5 years in Heavy Civil Construction, including time on the first phase of the Golden Gate Bridge Retrofit Project and the San Mateo Bridge Widening Project. Dan returned to school to earn an MA in History from California State University, Fullerton, and then a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. Before arriving at Fort Hays State University in 2019, Dan taught the history, African American Studies, and International Studies departments at Chapman University, California State University, Fullerton, and the University of California, Irvine. Alongside various peer-reviewed articles, Dan has published two books: Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970-2000: Those are the New Saints (Palgrave, 2017) and Winter in America: A Cultural History of Neoliberalism, from the Sixties to the Reagan Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2021).

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2013

Contact Information
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
711 Park Street
Rarick Hall 372
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5582
drmcclure2@fhsu.edu
Dr. Daniel McClure's Homepage

Amber N. Nickell earned a Ph.D. in History from Purdue University, an MA in History from the University of Northern Colorado, a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Northern Colorado, and an AA in Liberal Studies from Aims Community College. Before that, she got a GED. Her historical interests include Central and Eastern Europe, the Holocaust and genocides, comparative migration and diaspora, human rights, the spatial humanities, and the digital humanities (among others).  In her spare time, Dr. Nickell enjoys spending time with her family and animals, traveling, learning languages, volunteering, plotting world peace, and playing video games.

Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Purdue University, 2021

Contact Information
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
711 Park Street
Rarick Hall 388
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5874
annickell2@fhsu.edu
Dr. Amber Nickell's Homepage
Dr. Amber Nickell's Curriculum Vitae

Kim Perez took a circuitous route to the field of history; after her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Kansas State University, she decided to ask historical questions about nature and science and went on to get her M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Science at the University of Oklahoma. Her areas of expertise are the professionalization of the field sciences, women in field sciences, the nature study movement, and environmental history. She teaches a wide variety of courses, including Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, History of Science, Disease and History, Local History, the Atomic Bomb in Popular Culture, Children’s History, and Gender, Race, and Science.  In her spare time, you will find her doing something outside, including hiking, kayaking, and gardening. She also has a special fondness for dogs and volunteers for NBRAN, a Brittany rescue that rescued one of her two Brittanys.

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2006

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 323
711 Park Street
Hays, Ks 67601-4099
(785) 628-5670
kperez@fhsu.edu
Dr. Kim Perez's Homepage

Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 1999

Contact Information:
History Programs
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 324
711 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-5671
jawinchester@fhsu.edu 
Dr. Juti A. Winchester's Homepage

Senior Administrative Assistant
Department of History and Philosophy
Food and Hunger Initiatives
jwearlei@fhsu.edu

Jodie Wear-Leiker began her career at FHSU in the summer of 2000 after leaving the field of law as a legal administrative assistant and the office manager for a local law firm, which she held for 14 years. She assists students and faculty in the daily functions of the office while managing departmental marketing, travel, and conferences/events.  She also serves as the administrative assistant for the Food and Hunger Initiatives, processing transactions for the food pantry/garden and managing payroll and hiring duties of staff. 

In 2005, she was awarded the Outstanding Technical Support Award given by the Colleague-to-Colleague organization at the Summer Institute of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology.  In October 2023, she was the recipient of FHSU's first Staff Member of the Month award.  In April 2025, she received the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences My-Go-To Mentoring award after being nominated by Tj Reilley, a philosophy adjunct professor, who defined her as being "spot on knowledgeable, generous of time and spirit, and the cohesive link for students, staff and faculty in our department.  An authentic person of true heart and service."

She enjoys visiting her daughter and following her life accomplishments, especially the photography business she has grown over the past several years.

dsbovee@fhsu.edu
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986
M.A., University of Chicago, 1975
B.A., Marquette University, 1974

alburnett@fhsu.edu
B.G.S. at Fort Hays State University
M.A. at Fort Hays State University

jmgill@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Fort Hays State University
M.A. at Fort Hays State University

jrhaar@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Fort Hays State University
M.A. at Fort Hays State University
Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University

dsharvey@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Missouri State University
M.A. at Wichita State University
Ph.D. at University of Kansas

jnmack@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA.
M.Div. at Philadelphia Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.
Th.D. at Whitefield Theological Seminary, Lakeland, FL.
M.A. at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Ph.D at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

cpowers@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Fort Hays State University
M.A. at Fort Hays State University
Ph.D. at University of Arkansas (in progress)

mjkutilek@fhsu.edu
B.A. at Fort Hays State University
M.A. at Fort Hays State University