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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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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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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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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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Emma Hart

Philadelphia, PA | Director, McNeil Center; Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Capitalism Civic participation in early America Elections Local Government

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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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Brian Murphy

New York, NY | Associate Professor, Rutgers-Newark; Fellow, Brennan Center

Topics of Expertise constitutional conventions early industrial and labor history Federal and state constitutions history of corporations political economy

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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