January 2007

Volume 45, Number 1
Contents of the online edition
Editor: Pillarisetti Sudhir
Associate Editor: David Darlington
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
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?
- 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.