Kevin Mattson (born 1966) is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and critic. Mattson received his B.A. from the

New School The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

and his Ph.D. from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

. For several years he ran the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

, He is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at

Ohio University Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subseq ...

. He is a fellow at the

Center for American Progress The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy research and advocacy organization which presents a liberal viewpoint on economic and social issues. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The president and chief executive offic ...

and on the

editorial board The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take. Mass media At a newspaper, the editorial board usually consists of the editorial page editor, ...

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. He has received College of Arts & Sciences award for the Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship in the Social Sciences 2013–2014.

Works

* ''Creating a Democratic Public: The Struggle for Urban Participatory Democracy During the Progressive Era'' (diss., 1998) * ''Intellectuals in Action: The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945-1970'' (2002) * ''Engaging Youth: Combating the Apathy of Young Americans Toward Politics'' (2003) * ''

Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in sever ...

and the Other American Century'' (2006) * ''When America Was Great: The Fighting Faith of Liberalism in Post-War America'' (2004, 2nd ed. 2006) * ''Rebels All!: A Short History of the Conservative Mind in Postwar America'' (2008) * ''What the Heck Are You Up To Mr. President?:

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...

, America's Malaise and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country'' (2009) * ''Just Plain Dick:

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

Checkers Speech The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by Senator Richard Nixon ( R- CA), six weeks before the 1952 United States presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had ...

and the 'Rocking, Socking' Election of 1952'' (2012) * ''We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America'' (2020) ;Edited books * ''Steal This University: The Rise of the Corporate University and the Academic Labor Movement'', ed. with Benjamin Johnson and

Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel ''Tarry Flynn'', and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life th ...

(2003) * ''Liberalism for a New Century '', ed. with Neil Jumonville (2007) * ''Democracy's Moment : Reforming the American Political System for the 21st Century'' ed. with Ronald Hayduk (2002) * ''The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

'' with

Eric Alterman Eric Alterman (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the author of eleven books. From 1 ...

(2012) ;Other writings * Mattson's articles in ''

The American Prospect ''The American Prospect'' is a daily online and bimonthly print American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and progressivism. Based in Washington, D.C., ''The American Prospect'' says it "is devoted t ...

'' * Mattson's articles in ''

'' * Mattson's articles in '' Democracy Journal''

Notes

External links

Mattson's personal website

Mattson's blog
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