Robert David (KC) Johnson

Education:

Ph.D., Harvard University - 1993 (History)

MA, University of Chicago - 1989

BA, Harvard University - 1988

Areas of Expertise:

My research has focused on the history of Congress; the Johnson administration; the U.S.-Israeli relationship; and campus due process.

Books and Publications

"Congress and the Military," in William Taylor, ed., Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II (Texas A&M University Press, 2023) (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2023

"Political Culture and the Legacies of Antisemitism: The Heller-Campbell Congressional Race in South Carolina, 1978," American Jewish History, Volume 105, pp. 49-76. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021

"A 'Less Pleasant' Election: Bob Michel in the 1982 Midterms," in Frank Mackaman and Sean Kelly, eds., Robert H. Michel, University of Kansas Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019

"Campus Courts in Court" (with Samantha Harris), NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 22 (2019), pp. 49-127. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

"Due Process, DeVos, and the Courts," Academic Questions, 32(2), 197-204. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

"The Student Right to Counsel," (with Mike Adams), The Federalist Society Review 19 (2018), pp. 42-49. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018

"Safe Spaces and Defending the Academic Status Quo," Academic Questions, 30(1), pp. 39-46. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

"The Campus Sex-Crime Tribunals Are Losing," Commentary, 2017. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017

The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America's Universities, with Stuart Taylor, Jr., Encounter. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2017

"How American College Campuses Have Become Anti-Due Process," Backgrounder on Legal Issues, Heritage Foundation (August 2016). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016

"Lyndon B. Johnson and the Fortas Nomination," Journal of Supreme Court History, vol. 47, pp. 103-123. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016

"Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill, and 1980s Congressional History." A Companion to Ronald Reagan. Ed. Andrew Johns. Wiley/Blackwell. 510-29. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015

"The War on Due Process." Academic Questions 28, Winter. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015

"Alaska, Hawai'i, and the United States as a Pacific Nation." Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization. Palgrave MacMillan. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014

"Congress." A Companion to John F. Kennedy. Ed. Marc Selverstone. Wiley. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014

Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization. Palgrave/MacMillan. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2014

"Bring the Constitution Back In." Academic Questions 25, Summer. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012

"LBJ and the Constitution." A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson. Ed. Mitchell Lerner. Wiley. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012

"Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy before 9/11." Congress and the Politics of National Security. Eds. David Aursweld and Colton Campbell. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011

"Truman, Anti-Communism, and Congress." Congress and Harry S. Truman: A Conflicted Legacy. Ed. Donald Ritchie. Truman State University Press. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011

"The Perils of Academic Groupthink." Institutional Failures: Duke Lacrosse, Universities, the News Media, and the Legal System. Ed. Howard Wasserman. Ashgate. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010

"The Reagan-Bush Administrations and the Middle East: Institutional and Bureaucratic Rivalries." International Intervention in Local Conflicts: Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution since the Cold War. Ed. Uzi Rabi. I.B. Tauris Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010

"Vietnam's Second Front," roundtable, H-DIPLO. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010

"Did Nixon Commit Treason in 1968? What the New LBJ Tapes Reveal," History News Network, http://hnn.us/articles/60446.html. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2009

All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2009

"Lyndon Johnson and Israel: The Secret Presidential Recordings." Research Paper Series. S. Daniel Abraham Center. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008

"The Duke Lacrosse Case and the Blogosphere." Law and Contemporary Problems 71: 155-70. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008

Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Case, 2nd edition, revised and expanded. New York: Thomas Dunne. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2008

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Tapes, Volume 4. W.W. Norton. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2007

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Tapes, Volume 5. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2007

Johnson, KC and Stuart Taylor Jr. Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case. St. Martin's. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2007

"Managing the Fall of a Friendly Dictator: The US and Anastasio Somoza's Nicaragua." Dealing with Dictators: Dilemmas of US Diplomacy and Intelligence Analysis, 1945-1990. Eds. Ernest R. May and Philip Zelikow. MIT Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2006

"Politics, Policy, and Presidential Power: Lyndon Johnson and the 1964 Farm Bill." Looking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New Light. Ed. Mitch Lerner. University Press of Kansas. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2005

Congress and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2005

Johnson, KC and David Shreve. The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson, Volume 2. W.W. Norton. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2005

Johnson, KC and Kent Germany. The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson, Volume 3. W.W. Norton. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2005

"The Progressive Dissent: Ernest Gruening and Vietnam." Vietnam and the American Political Tradition: The Politics of Dissent. Ed. Randall Bennett Woods. Cambridge University Press. 36-62. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2003

"The Unexpected Consequences of Congressional Activism: The Clark and Tunney Amendments and U.S. Policy Toward Angola." Diplomatic History 27: 215-43. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2003

"Congressional Power." Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2nd edition. Eds. Deconde, Burns and Logevall. Charles Scribner's Sons. 293-313. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002

"The Politicization of Cultural Diplomacy." The Cultural Turn. Eds. Frank Ninkovich and Liping Bu. Imprint Publications. 88-110. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2002

"Congress and the Cold War." Journal of Cold War Studies 3: 77-101. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

"The State Department." Oxford Companion to American History. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2001

"Constitutionalism at Home and Abroad: The United States Senate and the Alliance for Progress, 1961-1967." International History Review 21: 414-42. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1999

20 January 1961: The American Dream. DTV Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 1999

"Congress Confronts the Cold War: The Senate Government Operations Committee and American Foreign Relations, 1953-1969." Political Science Quarterly 113: 645-71. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998

Ernest Gruening and the American Dissenting Tradition. Harvard University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 1998

"Anti-Imperialism and the Good Neighbour Policy." Journal of Latin American Studies 29: 89-110. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1997

"The Origins of Dissent: Senate Liberals and Southeast Asia, 1959-1964." Pacific Historical Review 65: 249-75. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1996

"The 'Lessons' of Vietnam." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 4: 291-98. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1995

The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations. Harvard University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 1995

On Cultural Ground: Essays in International History. Imprint Publications. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 1994

"Article XI in the Debate on the United States' Rejection of the League of Nations." International History Review 15: 502-24. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1993

"Ernest Gruening and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution: Continuities in American Dissent." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 2: 111-35. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1993

Creative Work

Consultant, 30 for 30 documentary, "Fantastic Lies," ESPN 2016

Consultant, HBO. 2011

Consultant, HBO. 2010

"History on the Web" interviews for Atlas Media, historychannel.com. 2009

"The State of American Universities" panel discussion. Extension 720. WGN-AM, Chicago. 2009

Consultant, HBO. 2009

Consultant, HBO. 2008

"The Duke Lacrosse Case" featured interview. Nightline, ABC News. 2007

"Until Proven Innocent" interview. Good Morning America, ABC. 2007

ABC News Law & Justice Unit, Consultant 2007

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, American Council of Trustees and Alumni. (Awards and Honors) 2009

Keynote address, Campus Freedom Network Conference, Duke Lacrosse Case. (Awards and Honors) 2008

"Best Ethics Blog," American Bar Association Journal. (Awards and Honors) 2007

Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Tel Aviv University. (Awards and Honors) 2007

Hardeman Prize (best book that focuses on the U.S. Congress), Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library. (Awards and Honors) 2007

Outstanding Mid-Size Blog, "Weblog Awards." (Awards and Honors) 2007

Courage and Liberty Award, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. (Awards and Honors) 2005

Leon Goldstein Memorial Lecture. Kingsborough Community College. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Awards and Honors) 2004

Research Activities

James Baker Oral History Project (oral history interviews with Frank Carlucci, Paul Laxalt, Fred Malek and Frank Donatelli). 2010

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"The Tradition of American Political Dissent,: in "A Potent Force: The Liberty Tree Flag & The Spirit of American Protest," Revolutionary Spaces, Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2023

Academic Engagement Network, Webinar: U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2023

"Caselaw Update," Symposium on Representing Students Accused of Sexual Assault, Washington, DC. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022

"Cry Havoc! Legislative Violence in America," Revolutionary Spaces, Boston (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022

"Gerrymandered! The Struggle for Fair Representation in Redistricting," Revolutionary Spaces, Boston (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022

"Presidential Transitions and the U.S.-Israeli Relationship," Stephen F. Wise Free Synagogue. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021

"Campus Courts in Court, in Year of the Eighth Circuit," Federalist Society of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas Law School, 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"Capitol Hill Views Jerusalem," Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"Due Process on Campus: What's Next?," Legal Insurrection Foundation. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"Forthcoming Education Department Rules Governing Title IX Campus Proceedings on Allegations of Sexual Assault and Harassment," Federalist Society Teleforum, 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"The 2020 Title IX Final Rule "First Look" Review and Analysis," University EEO, Webinar (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Title IX," NAS Virtual Seminar (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"Lyndon Johnson and the Transformation of the U.S.-Israeli Alliance," Stephen F. Wise Free Syangogue. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019

"Surveying the 2020 Presidential Election & International Politicsl Trends," LUSTRE, New York City, 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019

"The Due Process Decisions," CLE Symposium on Representing Students Accused of Sexual Assault, Washington, DC 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019

"Chappaquiddick," Emelin Film Club, Mamaroneck, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018

"Due Process and Title IX Adjudications," State Risk and Insurance Management Association Annual Conference, South Portland, Maine, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018

"The Due Process Decisions," CLE Symposium on Representing Students Accused of Sexual Assault, Washington, DC 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018

"Campus Rape Frenzy," James Madison Program, Princeton University, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"Due Process and the Campus Rape Frenzy," Heritage Foundation (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"Fairness and Campus Title IX Adjudications," Bucknell University, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"LBJ," Emelin Film Club, Mamaroneck, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"Wilsonianism and the U.S. Response to the Balfour Declaration," CUNY Graduate Center, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

"Analyzing the 2016 U.S. Election," U.S. Consulate, Jerusalem, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016

"The 2016 Presidential Election," Columbia University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016

"Campus Attitudes and Administrative Overreach: OCR and Disciplinary Procedures," Federalist Society (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Congress, Policy History, and Diplomatic History." SHAFR Summer Institute. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Due Process and the Contemporary Campus." George Washington Forum. Ohio University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Due Process and the Presumption of Guilt: Campus Sexual Assault Procedures," Williams College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Due Process Goes to School," Heritage Foundation (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Fairness, Due Process, and Campus Sexual Assault," Uncomfortable Learning series, Williams College (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"LBJ, Fortas, and Changing Senate Norms." Schwan Lecture. North Park University. Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"Previewing the 2016 Election," Brooklyn College Historical Society (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"The Truth About Campus Sexual Assault." Manhattan Institute. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

"1920s Peace and Anti-Imperialism." Williams College. Williamstown, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"The Transformation of U.S. History." Williams College. Williamstown, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014

"The U.S.-Israeli Relationship in Historical Perspective." CUNY Graduate Center. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014

"Trustee Accountability." ATHENA Roundtable. Columbia University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"U.S. History and the Obligations of Citizenship." Global Illusions: Bowdoin's Post-Citizens and the Future of American Higher Education. Brunswick, Maine. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014

"Congress and the Classroom." Dirksen Congressional Research Center. Pekin, Ill. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

"Congress, Vietnam, and the 1963 Foreign Aid Bill." 2013 Vietnam Center and Archive Conference. National Archives. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"Analyzing the 2012 Election" panel with U.S. ambassador Dan Shapiro. Institute for National Security Studies. Tel Aviv University. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Analyzing the 2012 Election." U.S. Consulate. Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Congress, the Appropriations Power and Late-Twentieth-Century Foreign Policy." OAH Conference. Milwaukee. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

"Kangaroo Courts on Campus: Yale, Duke, and Due Process." Manhattan Institute Forum. Harvard Club. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Presidential Tapes and Teaching about Congress." Congress in the Classroom Conference. Dirksen Congressional Research Center. Pekin, Ill. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Revisiting the 1964 Election." Sarah Lawrence College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"The Role of Federal Historians in Records Management." Hewlett Lectures, Society for History in the Federal Government. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Congress in the Classroom." Dirksen Congressional Research Center. Perkin, Ill. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

"Procedure, Partisanship and Congressional Power in Foreign Affairs." Breaking Down the Walls Conference. Arizona State University. Tempe, Ariz. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

"Teaching Congressional History Through the Presidential Tapes." Congress in the Classroom Conference. Dirksen Congressional Research Center. Pekin, Ill. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

"The 2010 Midterm Elections." Digital video conference. American Center. Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

"The Legacy of Edward M. Kennedy." Digital Video Conference. American Center. Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

"The Obligations of Citizenship." American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

"The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Future of American Foreign Policy." Multinational Institute of American Studies. New York University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

"Black Politics Before Obama." Civics, Language and American Studies Seminar. Kadoorie School. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"From Brown to Birmingham." Civics, Language and American Studies Seminar. Kadoorie School. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"Harry Truman and Congressional Anti-Communist Investigations." Truman Legacy Conference, Palm Beach, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

"LBJ & the Fulfillment of the Civil Rights Agenda." Civics, Language and American Studies Seminar. Kadoorie School. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"Race and the 2008 Elections." Civics, Language and American Studies Seminar. Kadoorie School. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"Teaching the Presidential Tapes." SHAFR Conference. Falls Church, Va. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

"The Fulbright Israel Experience." Fulbright Pre-Orientation Conference. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"The Lacrosse Case and Academic Groupthink." Campus Freedom Network. Philadelphia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"The Obama Inauguration." Digital Video Conference. American Center. Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"The Politics of Backlash." Civics, Language and American Studies Seminar. Kadoorie School. Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"U.S. Foreign Policy in the Cold War." C.W. Post University. Brookville, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"Academic and Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Duke Lacrosse Case." New York City Bar Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Academic Groupthink and the Duke Lacrosse Case." New York Association of Scholars. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Due Process in the Academy." Campus Freedom Network Conference. Philadelphia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Freedom and Diversity of Thought on College Campuses." Philanthropy Roundtable. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Groupthink and the Duke Lacrosse Case." New York Association of Scholars. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"LBJ & Israel: The Presidential Recordings." Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Management and Resolution, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The 2008 U.S. Elections." Achva Academic College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The 2008 U.S. Elections." Kaye College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The 2008 U.S. Elections." Western Galilee College. Akko, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The Changing Nature of U.S. Presidential Elections." Bar-Ilan College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The Duke Lacrosse Case." Federalist Society Annual Conference. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The Media and the Duke Lacrosse Case." Princeton University. Princeton, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The Media and the Duke Lacrosse Case." Southeast U.S. Association of Law School Professors Annual Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"The Narrowing Perspective of U.S. History." ATHENA Roundtable. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"The Perils of Academic Groupthink." Emory University. Atlanta. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"The Reagan and Bush Policies Toward the Middle East." The Global and the Local: International Efforts to Solve Local Conflicts. Institute for National Security Studies. Tel Aviv, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"The U.S. Elections and Israel." ALLMEP Conference. Jerusalem. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"U.S. Elections From LBJ to Barack Obama." Ben Gurion University. Beersheba, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Until Proven Innocent." Scarborough Public Library. Scarborough, Maine. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Until Proven Innocent." Washington, D.C., Army & Navy Club. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"What Parents Need to Know About Contemporary College Campuses." Heard on Rye (New York). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Congress, the Cold War and Congressional Archives" plenary session. Researching New York Conference. University of Albany. Albany, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"Congress, Vietnam and the Moyar Thesis." The New Vietnam War Revisionism: Implications and Lessons Conference. Williams College. Williamstown, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"Mission and American Foreign Policy." NYU Fulbright Summer Institute. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"The Academy and the Duke Lacrosse Case." FIRE Interns' Seminar. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"The Alliance for Progress." Latin American History Seminar. Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"The Blogosphere and the Lacrosse Case." Court of Public Opinion Conference. Duke Law School. Durham, N.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"The Lacrosse Case and the Blogosphere." Society for Professional Journalists Conference, Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"The Legal and Academic Effects of the Lacrosse Case." Law and Politics Seminar. Columbia University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"The Presidential Recordings Project and U.S. Historiography." General History Seminar. University of Haifa. Haifa, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"The Six Day War and the Johnson Tapes." Political Science Seminar. Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"The U.S. Congress and the Cold War." Fulbright Distinguished Chair Lecture. Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"Until Proven Innocent." Harvard Club. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

"Congress and the Cold War." American Society for Legal History Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Duke Lacrosse Case." ACLU@DUKE Forum. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

"Restoring Diversity to the Academy." NAS Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"Congress and the Cold War, 1947-1987." International History Seminar. Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"Congress and the Cold War: Book Launch." Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"Dispositions and Ideological Bias in Teacher-Training Programs." New York Association of Scholars. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"Internal Threats to Academic Freedom." Wolfe Institute Seminar. Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"On Lyndon B. Johnson: The LBJ Tapes." 92nd Street Y. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"PC No More: The Intellectual Diversity Movement in the Academy." ATHENA Roundtable. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

"The Presidential Recordings: Harry Middleton in Conversation With the Miller Center LBJ Tapes Team." LBJ Presidential Library. Austin, Texas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

"George W. Bush and Institutional Trends in the Presidency." U.S.-Europe Seminar. Baruch College. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

"Lyndon Johnson and American Politics." Leon Goldstein Memorial Lecture. Kingsborough Community College. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

"Lyndon Johnson and the 1964 Presidential Election." Columbia Club. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

"Personnel Practices as an Institution Embraces a 'Learning Communities' Philosophy: The Brooklyn College Experience." National Association of Scholars Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004

"The Triumph of the Armed Services Committee." School of Public Affairs Seminar. Baruch College. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

"U.S. Foreign Policy in Greece and Cyprus Since World War II." Stathakion Cultural Center. Queens, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

"Anti-Israel Sentiment on College Campuses." Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003

"Intellectual Diversity in the Teaching of U.S. History." ATHENA Roundtable. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2003

"Politics, Foreign Policy and the 1964 Presidential Election." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2002

"The Worlds of Henry Cabot Lodge." Columbia University Seminar on the 20th Century United States. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

"Lyndon Johnson and the World." St. John's University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2001

"Henry Cabot Lodge and Democratic Foreign Policy." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2000

"The 1964 Elections." Lehman Center seminar. Columbia University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

"The Transformation of Stuart Symington." Columbia University Seminar on History of Political and Legal Thought. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

"Institutional and Partisan Rivalry: Inter-American Relations in the 1850s." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999

"The Clark Amendment and U.S. Policy Toward Angola." OAH Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999

"Congress and the Alliance for Progress." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1998

"Congress and the Foreign Aid Program in the 1970s." Conference on the Carter Presidency. Jimmy Carter Library. Atlanta. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1997

"Subcommittee Government and American Foreign Policy." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1996

"Ernest Gruening and the Vietnam War." Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tenn. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1995

"Integrating Congressional History and International History." Charles Warren Center Workshop. Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1995

"On Cultural Ground" roundtable. SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1995

"The Historiography of the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb." Regional Association of Asian Scholars Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1995

"The Tonkin Gulf Resolution and Senate Foreign Policy Reform." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1994

"Inter-American Visions." SHAFR Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1993

Professional Leadership

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018

Grad Center, Admissions Committee (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017

National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016

Member, Admissions Committee, Department of History, CUNY Graduate Center. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015

Member, Graduate Center First-Year Exam Committee (History). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015

Member, National Advisory Board, Dirksen Congressional Research Center. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015

Member, Non-Honors Portfolio Committee, History Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014

American History Discipline Committee Peer Review, Institute of International Education. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

GC First-Year exam committee, U.S. history. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Member, Non-Honors Portfolio Committee, History Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Member, GC First-Year Exam Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, GC First-Year Exam Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, Non-Honors Portfolio Committee, History Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, UCRA Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, GC First-Year Exam Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011

Member, UCRA Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011

GC First-Year Exam Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

UCRA Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

"New York and Constitutional Themes." Teaching American History Seminar. Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009

Executive Committee, CUNY Association of Scholars. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009

GC First-Year Exam Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

UCRA panel, PSC-CUNY Award #40. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Committee member, Fulbright Outreach Program (Israeli Arab student selections). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Executive committee, CUNY Association of Scholars. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008

UCRA panel, PSC-CUNY Award #40. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Executive Committee, CUNY Association of Scholars. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

UCRA panel, PSC-CUNY Award #38. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Executive Committee, CUNY Association of Scholars. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

UCRA panel, PSC-CUNY Awards #37 and 38. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Executive Committee, CUNY Association of Scholars. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005

UCRA panel, PSC-CUNY Awards #35, 36. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

"Intellectual Diversity and the Teaching of U.S. History." U.S. Senate, Education and Labor Committee Hearings: Is Intellectual Diversity an Endangered Species on Today's College Campuses? (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2003

Community Activities

Guest lecture, invited appearance, Big Apple Charter School, Brooklyn 2015

"Previewing the 2014 Midterm Elections." Brooklyn College Historical Society. 2014

Other Professional Activities

Tenure Review Committee, Brigham Young University. 2010