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Benjamin L. Carp

New York, NY | Daniel M. Lyons Professor of American History, Brooklyn College; affiliated faculty, CUNY Graduate Center

Topics of Expertise American Revolution early American politics New York City Political Mobilization Seaport Cities society and culture the Boston Tea Party

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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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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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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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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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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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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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