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Joseph M. Adelman

Framingham, MA | Professor of History, Framingham State University; Producer and Co-Host, Ben Franklin’s World

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence digital humanities digital public history freedom of the press newspapers and media politics and culture (1760s-1790s) Post Office U.S. Constitution

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Jim Ambuske

Charlottesville, VA | Director of Digital History, Inpursuit.org; Omohundro Institute Digital Fellow; Creator and narrator, Worlds Turned Upside Down; co-host, Revolutions in Retrospect, Scholar in Residence, Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona University

Topics of Expertise digital public history early American legal history emigration and the American Revolution Loyalism Origins and history of the American Revolution Scotland transatlantic legal history

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Friederike Baer

Philadelphia, PA | Professor of History and Division Head for Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington College

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Early National Period immigration Pennsylvania Philadelphia Revolutionary War

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Richard Bell

College Park, MD | Professor of History, University of Maryland

Topics of Expertise 1619 Project American Revolution Anti-Slavery Struggle Declaration of Independence Early Republic Road to the Civil War

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Edward J. Blum

San Diego, CA | Professor of History, San Diego State University; Director, American Revolution and Constitution History Project

Topics of Expertise Articles of Confederation Continental Congresses Data demography Information networks Numerical Information ratification of the US Constitution state constitutions (1776-1820s) the Census The Constitution

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Rebecca Brannon

Harrisonburg, VA | Professor of History, James Madison University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution ideas about age in American life is America a gerontocracy? Loyalists South Carolina history the Founding Fathers

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Kate Carté

Dallas, TX | Professor of History, Southern Methodist University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution and ratification Religion in US history religious freedom

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Emily Conroy-Krutz

East Lansing, MI | Professor of History, Michigan State University

Topics of Expertise religious freedom US global engagement women in American civil society

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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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Todd Estes

Rochester Hills, MI | Professor of History, Oakland University

Topics of Expertise Constitutional Convention Early American Presidency Ratification Debates The Constitution

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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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Joanne Freeman

New Haven, CT | Alan Boles Class of 1929 Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University

Topics of Expertise American founders American Revolution and Early Republic creation of the Constitution and Ratification Early American Presidency freedom of the press meanings of democracy political culture political violence sectionalism two-party system U.S. Congress

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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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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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Aaron Hall

Minneapolis, MN | Assistant Professor

Topics of Expertise American constitutionalism Federal Constitution history of governance and the state political culture in the Early Republic politics of slavery

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Terri D. Halperin

Richmond, VA | Independent scholar

Topics of Expertise Alien and Sedition Acts Founding of the U.S. Constitution political parties U.S. Congress

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Michael Hattem

New Haven, CT | Associate Director, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence and Constitution in culture founding principles Historical Memory museum history and practice

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Suzette Hemberger

Washington, DC | Independent scholar

Topics of Expertise 18th c. African American political thought implementation interpretation) Making of the US Constitution (framing ratification

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Donald F. Johnson

Fargo, ND | Associate Professor of History, North Dakota State University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution loyalism and political allegiance memory and memorialization military occupation political violence popular politics war and society

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James M. Banner, Jr.

Washington, DC | Independent Scholar

Topics of Expertise constitutional history democratic norms early American politics educating for civic participation historical knowledge and public life origins and ratification of the Constitution political parties and governance principles of constitutionalism

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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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Donald Zimmerman, Jr.

For Pierce, FL | Assistant Professor, Indian River State College

Topics of Expertise American Political History American Sectionalism Early Republic Freemasonry Jacksonian Democracy US to 1865

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Jane Kamensky

Charlottesville, VA | President and CEO, Monticello; Professor Emerita, Harvard University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence Educating for American Democracy roadmap women and civil society

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Carl Robert Keyes

Worcester, MA | Professor of History, Assumption University

Topics of Expertise Digital Humanities and Digital Public History Era of the American Revolution Newspapers and Advertising Slavery in Early America

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Nathan Kozuskanich

North Bay, Ontario, Canada | Professor and Chair, Dept of History, Nipissing University

Topics of Expertise Benjamin Franklin colonial and Revolutionary America John Dickinson Second Amendment

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Gabriel Loiacono

Oshkosh, WI | Professor of History, UW-Oshkosh

Topics of Expertise Early Republic Founding Era of USA National Government and Local Government

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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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Matthew Mason

Provo, UT | Professor of History, Brigham Young University

Topics of Expertise Origins and consequences of the American Revolution slavery and politics slavery and the U.S. Constitution

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Shawn McKay

Williamsburg, VA | Volunteer Colonial Williamsburg; Retired Naval Officer

Topics of Expertise Archiving Black Americans in Colonial America origins of democracy Social history of Early American Republic

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Margot Minardi

Portland, OR | Professor of History and Humanities, Reed College

Topics of Expertise American Revolution peace race and the law slavery and emancipation social movements (abolitionism U.S. and the wider world women’s rights)

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J. Patrick Mullins

Milwaukee, WI | Associate Professor of History and Public History Director

Topics of Expertise American Revolution civic culture influence of religion and Enlightenment natural rights political resistance visual culture and politics

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Johann Neem

Bellingham, WA | Professor of History, Western Wash. Univ.

Topics of Expertise History Wars/Culture Wars Meaning of Democracy Principles of the American Revolution Purposes of Education The Constitution

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Kieran J. O’Keefe

Batesville, AR | Assistant Professor of History, Lyon College

Topics of Expertise American Revolution early American politics Memory New York Political Mobilization Revolutionary War Violence in Early America

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Seth Perry

Princeton, NJ | Associate Professor of Religion in America, Princeton

Topics of Expertise denominations Religion in American History (16th-19th centuries) scriptures theologies

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Mark Peterson

New Haven, CT | Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History, Yale University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution founding/chartering of colonies political economy religion in American history US Constitution

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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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Lori Rogers-Stokes

Arlington, MA | Independent scholar

Topics of Expertise Indigenous-English Congregationalism puritans in Woodland New England women's history

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Jessica Choppin Roney

Philadelphia, PA | Director Designate of the Library Company of Philadelphia and Associate Professor, Temple University

Topics of Expertise admission of states American Revolution Colonial America early constitutional history political history voluntary associations western expansion

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Francis Russo

Madison, WI | Visiting Assistant Professor, UW-Madison

Topics of Expertise American Revolution to Civil War Capitalism democracy meanings of freedom political economy Pragmatism social reform

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Eric Schlereth

Dallas, TX | Professor of History, University of Texas at Dallas

Topics of Expertise American Revolution citizenship emigration and immigration national borders religion and politics religious freedom

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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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Asheesh Kapur Siddique

Northampton, MA | Associate Professor, Umass-Amherst

Topics of Expertise British empire constitutions early America and the world higher education political economy public records and archives

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Emily Sneff

Royersford, PA | Historian and Consulting Curator

Topics of Expertise Declaration of Independence Founders

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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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Dillon Streifeneder

Poughkeepsie, NY | Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Civil-Military Relations Development of Democracy Local governance State Constitutions

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John Suval

Capon Bridge, WV | Independent Scholar

Topics of Expertise 19th-century U.S. history Democracy and cultural expression Democracy and the American West Jacksonian political culture Public lands

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Mark L. Thompson

Groningen, Netherlands | Senior Lecturer, American Studies

Topics of Expertise antislavery Declaration of Independence political parties political traditions popular culture and Founders slavery and the Constitution

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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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Harry Watson

Chapel Hill, NC | Atlanta Distinguished Professor in Southern Culture, emeritus

Topics of Expertise Early Republic Jacksonian America making constitutions political history political parties slavery and sectional conflict

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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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Nicholas P. Wood

Mobile, AL | Associate Professor, Spring Hill College

Topics of Expertise American Founding American Revolution Slavery and Race in early American History

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Rosemarie Zagarri

Arlington, VA | Distinguished University Professor, GMU

Topics of Expertise American Revolution and the World Early State Constitutions and US Constitution Revolutionary Women

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