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Gar Alperovitz
The Democracy Collaborative; University of Maryland College Park
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Business and Economics
Capitalism
Christian G. Appy
University of Massachusetts Amherst
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Cold War
Public History and Memory
Richard Aquila
Penn State University, Behrend College
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
American Indian
Cold War
Film
Eric Arnesen
George Washington University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Cold War
Great Depression
Barry Bradford
Independent historian
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
General and Historiography
Human Rights
Sarah Bridger
California Polytechnic State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Intellectual
Science
Ron Briley
Sandia Preparatory School
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Film
General and Historiography
Janet Farrell Brodie
Claremont Graduate University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Cold War
Post-1945
Julio Capó, Jr.
Florida International University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1900-1945
Cold War
Gender, Masculinity, Femininity
William D. Carrigan
Rowan University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1800-1865
1865-1900
Civil War and Reconstruction
Mary L. Dudziak
Emory University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Civil Rights
Cold War
Legal and Constitutional
David C. Engerman
Yale University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Intellectual
International Relations
Lacy K. Ford
University of South Carolina
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Antebellum
Business and Economics
Capitalism
Kevin Gaines
University of Virginia
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Music
Populism
Susan A. Glenn
University of Washington
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Jewish
Sarah Barringer Gordon
University of Pennsylvania
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Legal and Constitutional
Religion
1700-1800
Michael S. Green
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Civil War and Reconstruction
Cold War
Matthew Pratt Guterl
Brown University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Biography
Race
Shane Hamilton
University of York
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Agricultural
Business and Economics
Capitalism
Andrew Hartman
Illinois State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Education
Intellectual
Post-1945
Madeline Y. Hsu
University of Texas at Austin
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1900-1945
Asian American
Cold War
Susan Lee Johnson
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Wisconsin-Madison
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Borderlands
Gender, Masculinity, Femininity
Race
Robin D. G. Kelley
University of California, Los Angeles
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Intellectual
Politics
Post-1945
Peter J. Kuznick
American University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Cold War
World War II
Mary Ting Yi Lui
Yale University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Asian American
Cold War
Gender, Masculinity, Femininity
Katherine M. Marino
UCLA
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Human Rights
Women's Rights, Activism, and Suffrage
Latino/a
Elaine Tyler May
University of Minnesota
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Civil Liberties, Security State
Cold War
Melani McAlister
George Washington University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Antisemitism and Religious Persecution
Cold War
International Relations
Robert J. McMahon
Ohio State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
General and Historiography
International Relations
Alan McPherson
Temple University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Human Rights
International Relations
Music
Christopher McKnight Nichols
Ohio State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1865-1900
1900-1945
Civil Liberties, Security State
Michelle Nickerson
Loyola University, Chicago
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Leadership
Mass Communications
Margaret O'Mara
University of Washington
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Business and Economics
Capitalism
Cold War
Alison M. Parker
University of Delaware
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Women
Social Movements
Sarah T. Phillips
Boston University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1900-1945
Agricultural
Environment and Natural Resources
Tyler Priest
University of Iowa
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Business and Economics
Capitalism
Environment and Natural Resources
Yevette Richards
George Mason University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Biography
Cold War
Andrew J. Rotter
Colgate University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Atomic Bomb
Cold War
General and Historiography
Andrea Sachs
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Family
Gender, Masculinity, Femininity
Social Movements
Ellen Schrecker
Yeshiva University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Civil Liberties, Security State
Cold War
Education
Susan Schulten
University of Denver
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Civil War and Reconstruction
West
Lincoln
Thomas Alan Schwartz
Vanderbilt University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
General and Historiography
International Relations
Naoko Shibusawa
Brown University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Asian American
Capitalism
Cold War
Johnny Smith
Georgia Tech
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
African American
Biography
Sports and Recreation
Sarah B. Snyder
American University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
Human Rights
International Relations
James T. Sparrow
University of Chicago
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
International Relations
Military
Jeremi Suri
University of Texas at Austin
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Civil Liberties, Security State
Cold War
General and Historiography
Matthew Avery Sutton
Washington State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1900-1945
Great Depression
Intellectual
Phil Tiemeyer
Kansas State University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Capitalism
Civil Rights
Gender, Masculinity, Femininity
Penny M. Von Eschen
University of Virginia
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Cold War
General and Historiography
International Relations
Jessica Wang
University of British Columbia
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1900-1945
Agricultural
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Leigh Ann Wheeler
Binghamton University, State University of New York
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
*New in 2021
Biography
Civil Rights
Victoria W. Wolcott
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
