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Mark Kenneth Gardner

Charlestown, RI | Historian, Western RI Civic Historical Society; History teacher, Chariho Regional High School

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Bill of Rights Constitutional Convention and Ratification Dorr Rebellion Elections federalism RI and Antifederalism RI History Separation of Church and State Slavery and Civil Rights Structure of American Government

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David Gellman

Hamilton, NY | Professor of History, DePauw University; Visiting Professor at Colgate University for 2026-2027 Academic Year

Topics of Expertise abolitionist movement Abraham Lincoln American Revolution Declaration of Independence founding generation and slavery/emancipation politics in the early republic

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Jonathan Gienapp

Palo Alto, CA | Associate Professor of History and Law, Stanford University

Topics of Expertise American Political Theory Constitutional Interpretation Ideas and Principles of the American Revolution Meaning of Democracy Reconstruction Roots of American Constitutionalism Supreme Court The Constitution

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Rebecca Brenner Graham

Providence, RI | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution in popular culture Religion-state relations in early republic

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Joshua R. Greenberg

Pasadena, CA | Editor, Commonplace: the journal of early American life

Topics of Expertise American Political Theory in the 19th century and the Early Republic Democracy and Politics between the Revolution and the Civil War Money political economy

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Frank W. Garmon Jr.

Newport News, VA | Assistant Professor of American Studies, Christopher Newport University

Topics of Expertise business history currency economic history electoral college political economy public finance Taxation and the Constitution wealth in the early republic

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