SHAFR Experts Directory

Welcome to the SHAFR Experts Directory

The members of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) can provide historical commentary on a wide range of current public issues. SHAFR is the leading professional organization for historians of international affairs, and its diverse membership is prepared to provide perspectives that can enrich contemporary discussion of U.S. engagement with the world and its political, cultural, social, and economic effects.

At the top of the directory is a rotating group of featured experts. Below them is an alphabetical listing of SHAFR experts with their areas of expertise, short biographies, and/or contact information.

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Terry H. Anderson

Expert on: 1960s, Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. Foreign Relations in 20th Century, Vietnam War
thanderson2010@gmail.com

Ekavi Athanassopoulou

Expert on: History of Turkey's foreign relations, History of U.S. relations with Greece, History of U.S. relations with Turkey, International relations
ekaviath@yahoo.gr

David C. Atkinson

Expert on: Migration and American foreign relations, Migration and empire, Migration and International history, Race, The British colonies of settlement
atkinsod@purdue.edu

Laura A. Belmonte

Expert on: American politics, Cultural diplomacy, Modern U.S. history, Propaganda
belmonte@vt.edu

Daniel Bessner

Expert on: Democracy, Intellectual history, Psychological warfare, Relationship between domestic and foreign policy, Transatlantic relations
dbessner@uw.edu

Tim Borstelmann

Expert on: 1970s, Modern world history, U.S. Foreign Relations, U.S. history since 1900
tborstelmann@neb.rr.com

Mark Philip Bradley

Expert on: Cold War, Global South, Human rights, Postcolonial, Southeast Asia
mbradley@uchicago.edu

Robert K. Brigham

Expert on: Cold War, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam War
robrigham@vassar.edu

Kate Burlingham

Expert on: Africa, Angola, Development, Religion, U.S. Foreign Relations
kburlingham@fullerton.edu

Michael Cairo

Expert on: Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy
mcairo@transy.edu

Kenton Clymer

Expert on: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Southeast Asia
kclymer@niu.edu

Elizabeth Cobbs

Expert on: Cold War, Historical Overview of U.S. Foreign Relations, Latin America, Peace Corps, World War One
cobbs@tamu.edu

Emily L. Conroy-Krutz

Expert on: 19th Century, Early American Republic, Empire, Missionaries, Religion
econroykrutz@gmail.com

Christopher Roy William Dietrich

Expert on: Cold War, Decolonization, Middle East, National security, Oil history and politics
cdietrich2@fordham.edu

Mara Drogan

Expert on: Cold War political culture, Eisenhower Administration, Nuclear technology, Propaganda
maradrogan@verizon.net

Mary L. Dudziak

Expert on: Cultural ideas about war and wartime, History of declaring war, Individual rights and the U.S. global image, Presidential war power
mary.dudziak@emory.edu

David C. Engerman

Expert on: American Ideas of Russia/USSR, American-Russian Relations, Development, Global Cold War
engerman@brandeis.edu

Thomas I. Faith

Expert on: Arms control, Chemical weapons, History of the Federal Government, United States History, World War I
tomfaith@gmail.com

Sean Fear

Expert on: Global Cold War, Southeast Asia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam War
s.fear@leeds.ac.uk

Hal Marc Friedman

Expert on: American Foreign Relations History, American Frontier History, American Military History, American Naval History, National security
friedman@hfcc.edu

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