Table of Contents
Features
Possible, Fun, and Urgent: Designing U.S. History Courses to Include Environmental History
Michelle K. Berry, with contributions from Emily Wakild
New Directions in Environmental History
Mark Hersey and Lisa Brady
From the President
Historians on the National Stage
Joanne Meyerowitz
The Digital Edge
Digital History for Visually Impaired Students: Making Learning Meaningful
Andrew Salamone
Inside the Field
What History Majors Want: Analyzing Post-Graduation Expectations in a Professionalizing History Majors Course
Daniel Murphree
Professional Development
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Teaching Portfolio
Robin C. Henry
Obituary
David Brion Davis (1927–2019)
Adam Rothman
Departments
Clio's Kudos
Reviews
News of the OAH
THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN
Editor in Chief Jonathan D. Warner
Consulting Editor Steven Andrews
Editorial Intern Sydney Siegel
Design and Layout Ashlee Welz Smith
EDITORIAL BOARD
Nancy Bristow, University of Puget Sound
Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University
Vicki Eaklor, Alfred University
Katherine M. Finley, OAH (ex officio)
Kim Gilmore, History/A&E Networks
Rachel Gross, University of Montana (ex officio)
Lu Ann Jones, National Park Service
Lisa Kapp, St. Ann’s School
Elisabeth Marsh, OAH (ex officio)
Stephen Robertson, George Mason University
Mark Roehrs, Lincoln Land Community College
Jonathan D. Warner, OAH (ex officio)
Anne Whisnant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kidada Williams, Wayne State University
Organization of American Historians
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Joanne Meyerowitz, Yale University President
George Sanchez, University of Southern California, President-Elect
Philip J. Deloria, Harvard University, Vice President
Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor, Treasurer
Katherine M. Finley, OAH Executive Director
Benjamin H. Irvin, Executive Editor, Journal of American History
Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, Immediate Past-President
Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond, Past President
Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University
Jonathan Scott Holloway, Northwestern University
Lu Ann Jones, National Park Service
Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Katherine Ott, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Theresa R. Jach, Houston Community College
Donald Rogers, Central Connecticut State University
Virginia Scharff, University of New Mexico
T.J. Stiles, Independent Scholar
OAH MISSION STATEMENT
The OAH promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, encourages wide discussion of historical questions, and advocates for the equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.
