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Guelzo (Gettysburg)Andrew Robertson (CUNY)Barbara Perry (UVA)Bruce Schulman (BU)Carol Berkin (CUNY)Caroline Winterer (Stanford)Catherine McNeur (Portland State)Colin Calloway (Dartmouth)Daina Ramey Berry (UT Austin)David W. Blight (Yale)Denver Brunsman (GWU)Donald Fixico (Arizona State)Edward L. Ayers (U of Richmond)Elliott West (U of Arkansas)Eric Rauchway (UC Davis)Eric Slauter (U of Chicago)Fredrik Logevall (Harvard)Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern)Harold Holzer (CUNY)Jack Ford (Yale)James G. Basker (Barnard)James Oakes (CUNY)James Walvin (U of York)Jeremi Suri (UT Austin)Jim Downs (Gettysburg College)John Fea (Messiah College)John Stauffer (Harvard)Julian E. Zelizer (Princeton)Kate Masur (Northwestern)Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley)Linda Gordon (NYU)Lucas Morel (W&L)Madeline Y. Hsu (UT Austin)Margaret O’Mara (U of Washington)Meg Jacobs (Princeton)Melvin Urofsky (VCU)Michael Burlingame (University of Illinois)Michael Flamm (Ohio Wesleyan)Michael Kazin (Georgetown)Michael Neiberg (USAWC)Ned Blackhawk (Yale)Nikki L. Brown (University of Kentucky)Nora Slonimsky (Iona)Peniel Joseph (UT Austin)Peter S. Onuf (UVA)Robert Bonner (Dartmouth)Stephanie McCurry (Columbia)Stephen Vider (University of Connecticut)Steven Mintz (UT Austin)Tim Bailey (GLI)Timothy Shannon (Gettysburg College)Vincent Cannato (UMass Boston) American Immigration History: 1820 to the Present American Immigration History: 1820 to the Present This course explores the struggles and achievements of major groups who journeyed to a new home in the United States, including Irish, Italian, Jewish, Asian, and Latino Americans. American Indian History: 1900 to the Present American Indian History: 1900 to the Present Taking a social and cultural historical approach, this course is about Native peoples in modern America from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Capitalism in American History Capitalism in American History Explore how capitalism emerged in British North America; economic dimensions of the American Revolution and Constitution; the role of slavery, the state, and corporations in nineteenth-century capitalist expansion; America’s unique pathways to industrialization; the rise of big business and its i Chinese in the United States Chinese in the United States This course offers an overview of the history of Chinese in America with an emphasis on Chinese American identity and community formations under the shadow of the Yellow Peril. Jim Crow and Its Challengers Jim Crow and Its Challengers This course addresses the rise, institutionalization, fall, and lasting impact of racial segregation laws in the United States. LGBTQ+ History of the US LGBTQ+ History of the US This course traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, communities, and politics in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present, with a primary focus on the twentieth century. Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads The American Presidency The American Presidency This course takes an in-depth look at the history and powers of the executive office through case studies of six twentieth- and twenty-first-century presidents. The Great Depression and the New Deal The Great Depression and the New Deal Professor Eric Rauchway considers the causes and consequences of the economic slump of 1929–1933 with the economic recovery of 1933–1941 under the New Deal. The History of Medicine and Public Health in the US The History of Medicine and Public Health in the US This course begins with an overview of the history of medicine from the colonial period to the present in the United States, covering a range of subjects from outbreaks of yellow fever and smallpox to tuberculosis and HIV. Special attention will be given to how biosocial factors, namely racism, c The Supreme Court and the Constitution in the 20th Century The Supreme Court and the Constitution in the 20th Century Through examination of nine defining cases and themes, this course explores how regular people, social movement activists and organizations, politicians, scholars, lawyers, and judges have fought about what the Constitution should mean inside and outside of the courtroom. Voting and Elections in American History Voting and Elections in American History This course examines the history of voting and elections in America from the constitutional era through the present from an interdisciplinary perspective. It explores both theories of voting and elections and the struggles for the vote by minority peoples, women, and other groups. Women and Politics in 20th-Century America Women and Politics in 20th-Century America This course examines the struggles and successes of American women in fighting for equality in American politics, life, and culture, from the movement for suffrage through campaigns for fair wages.