Biography:

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Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University, where he is also provost. He is a progressive historian of the New Deal. Brinkley writes regularly in magazines such as Newsweek and The New Republic and is a strong advocate for progressive issues. He lives in New York City with his wife, Evangaline, daughter, Elly and dog, Jessie.

Works:

• 1982 Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression
• 1992 The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People
• 1995 The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War
• 1998 Liberalism and Its Discontents

Textbook:

• American History: A Survey an AP U.S. History Textbook used in high schools and college.

Brinkley has also written several textbooks which are used by college and high school U.S. history classes.

Awards Received:

• 1983 National Book Award for Voices of Protest
• 1987 Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize
• 2006-2007 Scholarly Journal Award by Kathy Walh-Henshaw at St. Mary's Lancaster

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