David Eisenbach

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David Eisenbach is a historian and an expert on media and politics. He received a B.A. in modern European history from Columbia University, an M.A. in history education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an M.A. and a PhD in American history from the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. At Columbia he teaches courses on the U.S. presidency, media, politics, the great works of Western literature and philosophy, American history, Shakespeare’s tragedies, and the literature of the 1960s at the Manhattan School of Music.

Dr. Eisenbach's first book, Gay Power: An American Revolution, published in June 2006, is a history of how the gay rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s transformed American politics and society. The American Library Association named Gay Power a 2007 Stonewall honor book^[1], and it was a finalist for the 2006 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies.

Dr. Eisenbach was the communications director for Senator Mike Gravel's 2008 presidential election campaign.

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David Eisenbach is referenced in the first song of Nellie McKay's first CD, "Get Away From Me." Her song "David" begins with the word "hcabnesie, hcabnesie" repeated several times. Eisenbach was one of her professors during her short stay at the Manhattan School of Music.