BROWSE SCHOLARS

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

Kathleen DuVal

Chapel Hill, NC  |  Carl W. Ernst Professor of History, UNC Chapel Hill
Topics of Expertise American Revolution foundations of American democracy

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

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

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

Cynthia Kierner

Fairfax, VA  |  Professor of History, George Mason University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution disasters Virginia history women and gender

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

Lori Rogers-Stokes

Arlington, MA  |  Independent scholar
Topics of Expertise Indigenous-English Congregationalism puritans in Woodland New England women's history

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

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

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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