American History Road Scholars

NameProgram Title
Sharon Z. AlterFirst Ladies as Activists and Leaders
Sharon Z. AlterMary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: Civil War and Its Aftermath
Sharon Z. AlterThree Wartime First Ladies: Madison, Lincoln, and Wilson
Penelope BinghamThanksgiving: The Great American Holiday
Penelope BinghamWhatever Happened to Tuna Noodle Casserole?
Penelope BinghamWho Cooks? American Cookbooks and Changes in Gender Roles
Timothy ConnorsStephen A. Douglas: The Little Giant
Simon CorderyMother Jones and the Development of Unions in Illinois
Antonio DelgadoEarly Mexican Chicago: Missing Pages of History
Antonio DelgadoLincoln and His Times: A Pan-American View
Antonio DelgadoThe Impact of the Mexican Revolution on the United States
Mark DvorakOnce I Had an Old Banjo
Mark DvorakThe American Folk Song
Lewis ErenbergRumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire
Lewis ErenbergThe Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
Charles F. FanningDueling Ethnic Cultures: The Irish Contribution to Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair 1933-34
Charles F. FanningGeorge McManus' Maggie and Jiggs: The Comics as Social History
Edward F. FinchRunning Silent, Running Deep: The American Submarine War Against Japan, 1941-1945
Edward F. FinchThe Civil War at Sea
Erik GellmanRace Tracks: Civil Rights and the Arena of Public Transit
Erik GellmanThe Panthers and Beyond: The Wider Vision of Black Power and Economic Justice in 1960s Chicago
Tony GerardRemoving the Cherokee - A Soldier's story
Tony GerardWith Lewis and Clark - Jean Baptiste Le Junesse
Bucky HalkerThis Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong
John E. HallwasWork as a Struggle and as a Meaningful Experience in the Writings of Carl Sandburg and Studs Terkel
Mark D. HansonThe Right to Fight as Equals: The 99th Pursuit Squadron and the Creation of the Tuskegee Airmen
Nancy L. HuseIda B. Wells: Our Fearless American Foremother (1862-1931)
Clarence LangWriting the Black Freedom Struggle in the Midwest
Norman MolineMobility and the Small Town 1900-1930
Denese M. NeuFrom Civil Rights to Housing Advocacy
Glenna Schroeder-LeinDisease, Wounds, Hospitals, and Hygiene: The Medical Side of the Civil War
Ronald SolbergFor America's Traveling Salesman It Has Been a Laughing Matter
Dennis A. StroughmattMussels, Moonshine, and Music: Mississippi Valley Migrant Life in the Early Twentieth Century
Chris VallilloStephen Foster and the Rise of American Music
James WolfingerDouble V: African Americans' Quest for Victory at Home and Abroad in World War II
James WolfingerGoing to Chicago: African Americans and the Great Migration
James WolfingerThe Freedom Rides at Fifty: Remembering an Early Challenge to Segregation