paul kelton

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor and David Lion Gardiner Chair, Department of History

Paul brings a wealth of administrative experience to the role, previously serving as associate dean for the humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, where he also served as chair of History, and as chair of Germanic Languages and Literature. 

A renowned scholar of Native American history, Paul is the author of Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 (2007); Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs: An Indigenous Nation's Fight Against Smallpox, 1518-1824 (2015); and is currently completing Hidden Terrors: The Scourge of Cholera in Jackson's America, for Oxford University Press. He teaches a range of courses on Native North America, the United States, and Global History of Public Health.

Paul shares CAS's commitment to social mobility, and is focused on improving student learning, advancing undergraduate research opportunities, and expanding our MA and PhD programs. He recently served as interim chair of the College’s Department of History. 

Email: Paul.Kelton@stonybrook.edu