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The Author’s Corner with Gregg L. Michel

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 17, 2025

Gregg L. Michel is Professor of History and Assistant Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This interview is based on his new book, Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey S. Adler

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 10, 2024

Jeffrey S. Adler is Professor of History and Criminology and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. This interview is based on his new book, Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality (University […]

The Author’s Corner with John Wigger

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 14, 2023

John Wigger is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI’s Battle to Stop It (Oxford […]

The Author’s Corner with Lerone Martin

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 1, 2023

Lerone Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. This interview is based on his new book, The […]

Norman: “The cop who mistook her gun for a taser (and other mysteries)”

John Fea   |  April 19, 2021

Tony Norman is a columnist at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and Current contributor. Here is a taste of his recent column at the Post Gazette: The strangest thing about the killing of […]