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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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Mark Boonshoft

Charlottesville, VA | Conrad M. Hall ’65 Chair in American Constitutional History, Virginia Military Institute

Topics of Expertise Political violence in Revolution and early republic ratification of the US Constitution Revolutionary State constitutions slavery and the Constitution The purpose of education in early America voting rights in US history

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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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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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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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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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Sheri Ann Huerta

Fairfax, VA | Adjunct Professor, Honors College, George Mason University

Topics of Expertise free people of color freedom and manumission gender and slavery public history slavery and public memory Slavery in Virginia and law

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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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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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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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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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Isabela Morales

Princeton, NJ | Author and Public Historian

Topics of Expertise African American history Legal History Museum education public history slavery and emancipation social/racial justice movements

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Max Perry Mueller

Lincoln, NE | Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Topics of Expertise American religious history Indian slavery Native American history race and religion religions and worldviews of presidents settler colonialism

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Marcus P. Nevius

Columbia, MO | Associate Professor, University of Missouri

Topics of Expertise African American History to 1865 Enslaved Resistance Slavery and Democracy in the Age of Revolution

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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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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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Seth Rockman

Providence, RI | George L. Littlefield Professor of American History, Brown University

Topics of Expertise capitalism and democracy economic/social dimensions of American Revolution and Ratification Slavery

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John Ruddiman

Winston-Salem, NC | Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution and early republic military mobilization Race and Anti-Slavery

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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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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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Tamara Plakins Thornton

Buffalo, NY | Professor Emerita, SUNY Buffalo

Topics of Expertise Bill of Rights Census and Representation Gerrymandering Informed Citizenry Literacy and Press political parties 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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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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