Public Roads in the Slave State Archive
In my December 2024 JAH article, I wrote about the history of “bad roads” in…
Browsing: Behind the Scenes
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…
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…
Historians and the Strange, Fluid World of Nineteenth-Century Politics
In the December 2023 issue of the Journal of American History, Rachel A. Shelden and Erik B.…
Friday Highlights at OAH 2024
Day two of the 2024 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians brought sunny…
Thursday Highlights at OAH 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians opened Thursday. Attendees braved storms…