From the President

• The AHA and Academic Freedom in the Age of Homeland Security
  by Barbara Weinstein

News

• What's In a Label? Changing Patterns of Faculty Specialization since 1975
  by Robert B. Townsend
• History PhD Numbers Lowest in Almost a Decade as Job Listings Continue to Rise
  by Robert B. Townsend
• Historians Franklin and Yu Receive the Kluge Prize
• New Executive Director of the National Coalition for History Selected
• Historians among Recipients of National Humanities Medals

AHA Activities

• Report on the 2006 AHA Election 
  by Clarence E. Walker
• Nominations Invited for 2007 Election

The Coalition Column

• Some Parting Thoughts on Capitol Hill
  by Bruce Craig
• News Briefs

In Memoriam

• Marshall Fishwick 
• Kermit Hall

Teaching

• Thoughts on Creative Teaching in the Undergraduate Classroom
  by Jeffrey P. Shepherd
• What Does It Mean to Think Historically?
  by Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke

Letters to the Editor

• Categorical Imperatives?
• What’s in a Subspecialty’s Name?
  
  • Response from Linda Kerber
• Endorsing Byrd
• Some Missed Notes
• When Did World War II Begin?
• The Disabled: Are Preferential Policies the Answer?

Detail from a photo of the Great Wall of China by George Saxton, and courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Department of Commerce.