Stanford University, Ph.D. History, 1983
Portland State University, M.A. History, 1975
Harvard University, B.A. Social Studies, 1972

Professor in the Department of History, Georgetown University
Professor of History, American University
John Adams Chair in American Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University
Adjunct Professor, San Francisco State University, University of California at Santa Cruz, and San Francisco City College

Senior Faculty Research Fellowship, Georgetown University (2002-03)
Research Fellowship, The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (1998-99)
Fellowship for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities (1998-99)
Distinguished Lecturer in History and American Studies, Fulbright Program, Japan (1997)
John Adams Chair in American Studies, Distinguished Lectureship, Fulbright Program (1996)
Senior Fellowship, Commonwealth Center, College of William and Mary (1990-91)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution) (1988-89)
Herbert Gutman Award (for best book in American history published by University of Illinois Press) (1988)

A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960’s (co-author, Maurice Isserman)
The Populist Persuasion: An American History
Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era