John Stauffer is Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. One of the leading scholars of antislavery and the Civil War era, he is the author or editor of seven books and more than 45 articles, including GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (2008); and The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race (2002); and the winner of four major book awards, including the Frederick Douglass Prize and the Avery Craven Award. His essays have appeared in Time Magazine, Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, Raritan, New York Post, and 21st: The Journal of Contemporary Photography; and he has appeared on national radio and television shows. Further information on his books may be found at johnstaufferbooks.com.

John received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1999, began teaching at Harvard that year, and was tenured in 2004. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, Deborah Cunningham, and their son, Erik Isaiah Stauffer. He can be reached at stauffer@fas.harvard.edu.

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