Jane Kamensky
Jane Kamensky is an American historian, and Harry S. Truman Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University.[1] She is also the former Chair of Brandeis' history department. [2]
She graduated from Yale University, with a B.A. and Ph.D. in History. She was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow in 2006–2007.[3]
She married Dennis J. Scannell Jr. in 1987;[4] they live in Cambridge, Massachusetts with their two sons.[5]
Awards
- 2009 George Washington Book Prize finalist
- 2009 Fellow, Society of American Historians
- 1987 Mellon Fellow
Works
- "Boom and bust: It's the American way". The Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2008.
- The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America’s First Banking Collapse. Viking. 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-01841-3.
- Jane Kamensky, Jill Lepore (2008). Blindspot: by a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-385-52619-7.
- Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New England. Oxford University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-19-513090-4.
- Jane Kamensky (1998). Nancy F. Cott, ed. The Colonial Mosaic: American Women 1600-1760. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512400-2.
References
- ↑ "Jane Kamensky". Brandeis.edu. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ↑ Author Spotlight: Jane Kamensky http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/author/?authorid=82729
- ↑ "Jane Kamensky - Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – Harvard University". Radcliffe.edu. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ↑ "Jane Kamensky Weds D. J. Scannell Jr.". The New York Times. May 31, 1987.
- ↑ "Blindspot - by Jane Kamensky & Jill Lepore". Blindspotthenovel.com. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
External links
- Samuel P. Jacobs (November 16, 2008). "A talk with Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore". The Boston Globe.
- "Jane Kamensky: Collapse of a con game". Brandeis Profiles. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
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