Alan Brinkley
Alan Brinkley is the
Allan Nevins Professor of
History at
Columbia University. 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. As a professor and provost at Columbia, he is affectionately known as the "Brinkiester".
He is son of television journalist
David Brinkley, winner of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. He now is married and lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.
Graduate of the
Landon School, an elite preparatory school in suburban Washington, DC.
1971 B.A.
Princeton University1979 Ph.D.
Harvard University 1991 professor of
American History,
Columbia University1998â€"1999, Harmsworth Professor of American History,
Oxford University1999-2003 faculty member, the
Century Institute2000-2003 history dept chair
University
Provost* 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 DiscontentsBrinkley has also written several textbooks which are used by college and high school U.S. history classes.
* 1983
National Book Award for Voices of Protest
* 1987
Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize
