Public Roads in the Slave State Archive
In my December 2024 JAH article, I wrote about the history of “bad roads” in…
Browsing: Historians
Call for Papers: Nuclear History
As we approach the eightieth anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Process invites…
Making Sense of History, Then and Now
Imagine writing on a topic you know well but relying on a method that has…
Saturday and Sunday Highlights at OAH 2025
On the final full day of the conference, Chicago’s clouds blocked the sun, but that…
Friday Highlights at OAH 2025
On Friday of the OAH conference, attendees came back together for ongoing discussions and panels.…
Thursday Highlights at OAH 2025
The 2025 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians opened Thursday in Chicago as…
On “The Environmental Protection Agency, Sewer Infrastructure, and the Racialized Geography of the United States”
Nothing motivates me to write as much as anger. My June 2024 Journal of American…
Call for Papers: Histories of Aging and Elderly Lives
Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on the elderly in U.S. history.…
Resisting the Lonely Historian
I long imagined writing as a lonely endeavor. My vision was of an individual bent…
The Peculiar World of American Sheriffs
I didn’t set out to write about sheriffs. I was working on a history of…