Timothy Newfield
Associate Professor · College of Arts & Sciences · Georgetown University
Quick answer: Timothy Newfield is Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Timothy Newfield shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ Tim is interested in supervising doctoral students in interdisciplinary historical epidemiology and in interdisciplinary late antique and medieval environmental history. He is unable to take on new students in 2025-26, however.
Research interests
historical epidemiologist, environmental historian and scholar of late antiquity; history of infectious disease and climate change in the first millennium CE; environmental, medical and late antique history; history of global health and epidemiology
Selected publications (since 2023)
Biology Letters (2023), Environmental Archaeology (2023), Nature Ecology and Evolution (2022×2), Social Science and Medicine (2022), Studies in Late Antiquity (2022), Annales (2022), Climate of the Past (2022), Journal of Roman Archaeology (2022), Nature Ecology and Evolution (2022×2), and in edited volumes (2022×2, 2023, 2024×2)
Frequently asked questions
Is Timothy Newfield hiring PhD students at Georgetown University?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Timothy Newfield's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Tim is interested in supervising doctoral students in interdisciplinary historical epidemiology and in interdisciplinary late antique and medieval environmental history. He is unable to take on new st.
What does Timothy Newfield research?
historical epidemiologist, environmental historian and scholar of late antiquity; history of infectious disease and climate change in the first millennium CE; environmental, medical and late antique history; history of global health and epidemiology
Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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