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AHA Member Spotlight: J.M. Mancini
JoAnne Mancini is a senior lecturer at Maynooth University, in Ireland. She lives in Dublin and has been a member…
Announcing the 2019–20 Jameson and NASA Fellows
The AHA is pleased to announce its 2019–20 fellows for the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History and the…
Democracy and Misinformation
Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the 2016 presidential election unleashed an avalanche of anxieties about the state of American democracy.…
Small Museum, Big Ambitions
Not much gets changed out, shifted around, or, for that matter, visited at many small-college museums and their corresponding archives.…
AHA Member Spotlight: Thomas Turner
Thomas Turner is an emeritus professor and part-time faculty member at Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He lives in East…
The Politics of Space Junk
Editor’s note: was the winner of the 2018–19 NASA/AHA Fellowship in Aerospace History. On a March day during the final…
AHA Member Spotlight: Madeline Hsu
Madeline Hsu is a professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She lives…
The “Lessons” of Britain’s Counterinsurgency in Malaya
“Why another look at the Malayan insurgency?” wrote Robert Komer, a consultant with RAND Corporation and a former National Security…
AHA Member Spotlight: Mark Bernhardt
Mark Bernhardt is a professor at Jackson State University. He lives in Clinton, Mississippi, and has been a member since…
The World-Class Photography of Ebony and Jet Is Priceless History. It’s Still Up for Sale.
Chicago publishing magnate John H. Johnson wrote in his autobiography, “I wasn’t trying to make history—I was trying to make…
Archives and the Road to Accessibility
It’s 9 a.m., and as I walk into the building housing the archive I need to work in, I wonder…
AHA Member Spotlight: Stephanie J. Richmond
Stephanie Richmond is an associate professor of history at Norfolk State University. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia, and has been…
“What Changed” in Social Studies Education
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part column. The second installment can be found here. “What changed?”…
AHA Member Spotlight: Esperanza Sanchez
Esperanza Sanchez is assistant curator at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and has…
AHA Member Spotlight: Ernesto Chávez
Ernesto Chávez is a professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He lives in El Paso, Texas, and…
AHA Member Spotlight: Courtney A. Short
Courtney A. Short is the speechwriter for the Commanding General of United States Army Forces Command. She lives in Wade,…
AHA Member Spotlight: James H. Fujita
James H. Fujita is an associate professor of history at the University of Hawaii’s Leeward Community College located in Pearl…