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Tracy Sharpley-Whiting

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora StudiesVanderbilt University

Expert in comparative Black cultural movements and African American literature and culture.

African American LiteratureAfrican American HistoryBlack CultureAfrican American Diaspora
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Neil Maher

ProfessorNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Neil Maher studies environmental and political history in the 20th century, urban history and the history of environmental justice.

Environmental HistoryHistory of Environmental Justice20th Century US Environmental and Political HistoryUS HistoryUrban History
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Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.

African American StudiesU.S. Popular CultureBlack NationalismSocial HistoryTwentieth-Century United States
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Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.

Abolition and EmancipationSlavery in Popular CultureSlaveryBlack Atlantic
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Paul Kramer

Associate Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert in modern U. S. history, with an emphasis on transnational histories, American social thought and the politics of inequality.

RefugeesImmigrationU.S. HistoryForeign Policy
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Allison Sekuler

Associate Vice President and Dean, Graduate StudiesMcMaster University

Dr. Sekuler is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour with expertise is in vision, aging, higher education, & diversity issues.

AgingFace and Object RecognitionPerceptual OrganizationPattern VisionMotion Perception
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David Barrett, PhD

Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

David Barrett, PhD, is a presidential historian and leading expert on the CIA's relationship with presidents and Congress.

National Security & Intelligence IssuesPoliticsThe Vietnam WarUnited States CongressUnited States Presidents
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Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD

William and Julia Moulden Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor, Department of HistoryCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD, is an expert in Russian history, specifically the history of charity and social welfare.

Development of Voluntarism and Civil Societies Women's History Environmental HistoryRussian HistoryRussian and Soviet History
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Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor Emerita of EnglishUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..

Victorian StudiesBlack British StudiesAfrican American Women’s WritingMixed Race Studies
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Christian Appy

Professor of History and Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and DemocracyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Christian Appy has written three books on the Vietnam War and heads the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy

The Vietnam WarWhistle-blowersDaniel EllsbergU.S. Foreign Policy20th and 21st Century U.S. History