Kevin Mattson
Encyclopedia
Kevin Mattson is an American historian
and critic.
Mattson received his B.A. from the New School
and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester
. For several years he ran the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University
,
He is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University
. He is a fellow at the Center for American Progress
and on the editorial board
of Dissent
.
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 study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and critic.
Mattson received his B.A. from the New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
. For several years he ran the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
,
He is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
. He is a fellow at the Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Its website states that the organization is "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action." It has its headquarters in Washington D.C.Its President and Chief...
and on the editorial board
Editorial board
The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.- Board makeup :...
of Dissent
Dissent (magazine)
Dissent is a quarterly magazine focusing on politics and culture edited by Michael Walzer and Michael Kazin. The magazine is published for the Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, Inc by the University of Pennsylvania Press....
.
Works
- Intellectuals in Action: The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945-1970 (2002)
- Creating a Democratic Public: The Struggle for Urban Participatory Democracy During the Progressive Era
- What the Heck Are You Up To Mr. President?: Jimmy Carter, America's Malaise and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country
- Rebels All!: A Short History of the Conservative Mind in Postwar America
- Engaging Youth: Combating the Apathy of Young Americans Toward Politics
- Upton Sinclair and the Other American Century (2006)
- When America Was Great: The Fighting Faith of Liberalism in Post-War America
- Intellectuals in Action: The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945-1970
- Steal This University: The Rise of the Corporate University and the Academic Labor Movement (2002) with Benjamin Johnson and Patrick Kavanagh
- Liberalism for a New Century with Neil Jumonville and E.J. Dionne
- Democracy's Moment : Reforming the American Political System for the 21st Century with Ronald Hayduk