Professor of History, University of Iowa

I write on the history of American political economy and public policy; my recent work has focused on the origins and implications of racial segregation in the United States.  I also have ongoing research projects on the history of state discretion in American social policy, and on the white reaction to the Great Migration(s) in the urban (and not-so-urban) North.  I write regularly for non-academic audiences, most often at Jacobin and Dissent. My publications and projects can be accessed from the menu above; my full CV is available HERE.