Midwestern History Scholars
Collection of scholars offering rich insight into the Midwest and its history.
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@midwesternhistory.bsky.social
@jeffwells.bsky.social
Dennis and Vaune Johnson Endowed Chair in U.S. History and Professor of History, Dickinson State University, North Dakota
@colincrawford.bsky.social
Historian of modern American religion and culture Notre Dame PhD student '28 formed by Holy Cross College, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Marquette U
@tonigilpin.bsky.social
Labor Historian, writer. Loyal to Chicago but longing for Paris. Author of The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor & Class War in the American Heartland https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1383-the-long-deep-grudge
@awyle.bsky.social
Professor. Civil War, Reconstruction, nineteenth-century conservatism, and Midwestern History. Baseball, bluegrass, politics, and movies are other interests. All opinions are my own.
@juanmora.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History and Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Migration, Race & Ethnicity, Agricultural Workers, Food Studies, Midwest. https://linktr.ee/juanignaciomora?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@jeffmanuel.bsky.social
Historian of Energy, Technology, and the Environment; Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Coauthor of the forthcoming book “Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels;” Public and Oral History Practitioner. jeffmanuel.com
@bobbylee.bsky.social
Historian of the United States, mostly in the 19th c., colonialism, land, GIS. American abroad
@beltmagazine.bsky.social
An independent digital magazine by and for the Rust Belt. https://beltmag.com/
@rustbeltlab.bsky.social
Our lab works to tell the story of this region through the voices of its people. Learn more about our work at Rustbeltstudies.org
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
@inhistoryeditor.bsky.social
Peer reviewed journal of state and Midwest history. We’re just completing our 120th year of publication.
@kamoskowitz.bsky.social
Visiting Lecturer @ Indiana University Kokomo. Automotive Historian: PhD @ UTA. Technology, environment, and urban development. Digital humanities advocate.
@megbirk.bsky.social
Historian, basset hound person, national park visitor, sloth hiking team (we get there when we get there), Costco member, wine drinker, etc… Author of Fostering on the Farm, and The Fundamental Institution - UIL press. Views my own and so forth and so on
@fleecechase1.bsky.social
Grad Student @BGSU. Environmental Historian of the 20th c. 🇨🇦/🇺🇸: Agriculture, Animals, Pollution, and Foreign Relations. Midwesterner. www.chasefleece.com
@ppospisek.bsky.social
Historian; 3rd place Winner, 2016 Preschool Salsa Cookoff.
@ramya.bsky.social
Historian. Dams, dredging, borderlands, rivers. Single Parent. Survivor of domestic abuse. Ready for adventure, not B.S. www.riverborders.com
@camdenburd.bsky.social
Historian. Nature person. My employer definitely does not share my views. www.camdenburd.com
@davidmislin.bsky.social
Historian of 19th 20th + 21st c. US religion. Temple U. faculty. Wrote about Protestants + pluralism. Now writing on religious liberals in small towns. Once and (hopefully) future marathoner. Tired political junkie. Sheetz/Wawa equal opportunist. He/him.
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
Historian of Midwestern Latinos, labor, religion, and sanctuary. Author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin.
@joshkluever.bsky.social
Lecturer at Alvernia University | Studying Socialist State Legislators in the 20th-century US | Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social | Social Media Director for @midwesternhistory.bsky.social | Solidarity Forever🌹
@rboomhower.bsky.social
Biographer. Editor. Ex-reporter. I write a lot about journalists. Writing bio of groundbreaking Black newsman Wallace Terry, author of "Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans" for @unmpress.bsky.social.
@coryhaala.bsky.social
Historian of liberalism, populism, the Democratic Party, and the Midwest: http://coryhaala.org
@midwesternhistory.bsky.social
Official account for the Midwestern History Association, studying the history of the Heartland since 2014. Learn more and join us: https://www.midwesternhistory.com/