Dr. Richard Anderson
Assistant Professor of Practice in Public History
Office: Comenius Hall 301
Phone: 610-625-7722
Email: andersonr03@moravian.edu
Education
B.A., Northeastern Illinois University
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., Princeton University
Teaching
I teach public history--including community-based, collaborative courses like Introduction to Public History, Video Storytelling, and Oral History and Podcasting--as well as U.S. history from the Civil War to the present.
Current Research
My scholarly research explores U.S. politics, labor, and cities after World War II. I am currently completing my first book, Machine Politics: How Richard J. Daley and Chicago's Democratic Party Remade American Liberalism.
Selected Publications
Articles
"Taking Labor History Public: An Overview fo the Field," Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Vol. 17, No. 1 (2020), 15-24.
Book Reviews
"The Future of Preserving the Past: Defining the Value (and Values) of Historic Preservation," Review of Richard Longstreth, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Preservation, Design, and Adding to Iconic Buildings and Max Page, Why Preservation Matters), Journal of Urban History Vol. 45, No. 3 (2019), 601-608.