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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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