History Faculty

Richard Ivan Jobs, PhD
Professor
richardivanjobs@pacificu.edu
503-352-2188

Richard Jobs has studied and published on the role and meaning of youth in French society.

Lisa Szefel, PhD
Associate Professor; History Department Chair
szef4592@pacificu.edu
503-352-2062

Lisa  Szefel's research interests center on the role of culture in the development of American values, movements for social change, and political life.

Hillary Maxson, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
hmaxson@pacificu.edu
503-352-2034

Hillary's research interests center on the relationship between gender and family in Modern Japan. She focuses on the role that housewives' labor, household management, and consumption played in the development of Japanese cuisine.