by allison hobbs. she is an assistant professor in the history department at stanford university and she graduated from harvard university magna cum laude and received a phd with distinction from the university of chicago. she has received fellowships from the ford foundation and the institute for general research and the center for comparative study of race and ethnicity at stanford. she teaches courses on american identity and african-american history, women's history and 20th century history. she has won numerous awards including the teacher award for phi beta kappa and she gave a talk at stanford and she has appeared on c-span and national public radio and work has been featured on cnn.com and slate.com and the chronicle of higher education. her book is her first book. it has been featured on national public radio with all things considered. ..