Historian of slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, race and gender, medicine (Emeritus). Former GWSS chair. Queer as the day is long. Married. Biking, hiking, kayaking, gardening.
Writer, early retiree, former associate professor of 18th/19th US history. UIowa PhD/COGS-UE. Former dementia caregiver. Boomer by birth, Gen x by grace of god. Book project on long emancipation and Black resistance in southern Indiana, 1780-1830.