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Jerald Podair
Professor Of History and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies
Lawrence University
711 E Boldt Way SPC 19
Appleton, WI 54911-5699
920-832-6677
Email: podairj@lawrence.edu

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About Me:

I am Professor of History and the Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin, where I have taught since 1998. I’m a native of New York City and a former practicing attorney. I received my B.A. from New York University, a J.D. from Columbia University Law School, and a Ph.D. in American history from Princeton University. My research interests are in 20^th century American urban history and racial and ethnic relations.

I am the author of The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis, published by Yale University Press, which was a finalist for the Organization of American Historians’ Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for the best book on the struggle for civ