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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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Stewart Davenport

Los Angeles, CA | Professor of American History, Pepperdine University

Topics of Expertise American Revolution Civic Nationalism vs. Racial Nationalism Civil War Jacksonian America public history

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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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Joshua R. Greenberg

Pasadena, CA | Editor, Commonplace: the journal of early American life

Topics of Expertise American Political Theory in the 19th century and the Early Republic Democracy and Politics between the Revolution and the Civil War Money political economy

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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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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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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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Francis Russo

Madison, WI | Visiting Assistant Professor, UW-Madison

Topics of Expertise American Revolution to Civil War Capitalism democracy meanings of freedom political economy Pragmatism social reform

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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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John Suval

Capon Bridge, WV | Independent Scholar

Topics of Expertise 19th-century U.S. history Democracy and cultural expression Democracy and the American West Jacksonian political culture Public lands

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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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