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Liz Covart

Boston, MA | Co-Founder, Clio Digital Media; Creator & Host, Ben Franklin’s World

Topics of Expertise AI and history American Revolution Articles of Confederation Digital media literacy and civics Early American politics and culture Origins of the American Union Speaking with the public about history and civics

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Thomas H. Cox

Huntsville, TX | Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Colonial America Constitution Early Republic Early U.S.-Sino relations federalism interstate commerce

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Christopher E. Czerwonka

Albany, NY | Research Fellow, SUNY Albany; Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine

Topics of Expertise Bioethics Civil Rights and Liberties Constitutional Law Evidence FDR Federal Criminal Procedure Immigration Law and Policy Jury Trials Legal History Legal Medicine People with Disabilities in the Early Republic Presidential Libraries Simulation-Based Learning Tax

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Zachary Deibel

Lexington, VA | Assistant Professor, Virginia Military Institute

Topics of Expertise Education in the Atlantic World History of Education in Colonial and Revolutionary America Informal Learning in Early America Politicization of Education in Early America

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Carolyn Eastman

Richmond, VA | Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University; President of SHEAR

Topics of Expertise checks and balances contested ideas about democracy freedom of the press gender and women history of citizenship and public engagement political economy The Constitution and the Bill of Rights two-party system

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Paul Finkelman

Albany, NY | Visiting Professor, Toledo Law School; Professor Emeritus, Albany Law School

Topics of Expertise Baseball and the Rule of Law Citizenship and Immigration Civil Rights history Civil War and Reconstruction Constitutional Convention Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion Judicial Biography Liberty in the Era of Revolution slavery and the Constitution The Constitution

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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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Anna O. Law

Brooklyn, NY | Associate Professor of Political Science, Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College

Topics of Expertise checks and balances federalism Origins of migration and citizenship Origins of the US Constitution rule of law US constitutional law US migration policy

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CJ Martin

Worcester, MA | Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross

Topics of Expertise abolitionist movement and voting Black abolitionists party politics politics of slavery race racial justice and politics Republican Party Whig Party

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Kate Masur

Chicago, IL | Professor of History, Northwestern University

Topics of Expertise birthright citizenship Civil War and Reconstruction federalism Reconstruction amendments sectional crisis slavery and emancipation social movements

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Giuliana Perrone

Santa Barbara, CA | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Topics of Expertise 19th century political history Civil War & Reconstruction History of the Present Slavery & Abolition US Legal history

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Patrick Rael

Brunswick, ME | Professor of History, Bowdoin College

Topics of Expertise 13th and 14th Amendments abolition African-American protest thought board games emancipation films Fugitive Slave Law Reconstruction today Slavery

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John Ragosta

Charlottesville, VA | Independent Scholar

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution early America loyal opposition religious freedom Sedition Act/Free Press

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Gautham Rao

Washington, DC | Associate Professor of History

Topics of Expertise Civil War constitutional history Culture Wars Founding of US Law and Slavery Legal History Supreme Court History

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Andrew Shankman

Philadelphia, PA | Professor of History, Rutgers University

Topics of Expertise Constitution federalism Meaning of Democracy Principles of the Revolution rule of law Separation of Powers

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Rachel Shelden

State College, PA | Associate Professor, Penn State University and Director, Richards Civil War Era Center

Topics of Expertise Civil War Constitution Democracy in the 19th Century federalism Lincoln Reconstruction Supreme Court

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Grant Stanton

Newark, NJ | Assistant Professor, Drew University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Black Politics Civil War Colonial Society Constitution Enlightenment Legal History Race and Slavery

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Kyle G. Volk

Missoula, MT | Professor of History, University of Montana

Topics of Expertise American State Civil Rights & Liberties Grassroots Politics History of U.S. Democracy Legal History Political Thought

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Kevin Vrevich

Middletown, CT | Upper School Humanities Teacher, Moses Brown School

Topics of Expertise electoral policies political parties regionalism religion and politics slavery and politics social movements state politics

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Barbara C. Wingo

Gainesville, FL | Courtesy Professor, University of Florida

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitutional Law religion writing and ratification of the Constitution

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John C. Winters

Alexandria, VA | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RRCHNM

Topics of Expertise history of memory history of museums imperial history Native American history

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