History: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Kathleen Belew

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, National Security, U.S. History, Violent Crime and Prevention

Rayvon Fouché

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, School of Communication

Professor, Communication Studies and Medill School of Journalism

Field: Communications, History, Journalism

Focus Areas: African American Studies, American Culture and Politics, Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Innovation, Race and Ethnicity

Sylvester Johnson

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Black Studies

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: African American Studies, American Culture and Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Data Bias, Discrimination, Human-Machine Interaction, Inequality, Innovation, Race and Ethnicity, Robotics, Social Justice

Doug Kiel

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor, Department of History and Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Field: History, Legal History

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Colonialism, Curation and Museum Studies, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Indigenous Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Social Activism

Jon Marshall

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Clinical Associate Professor

Field: History, Journalism

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Investigative Reporting, Journalism Industry

Kate Masur

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: African American Studies, Civil Rights, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. History, U.S. Political Elections

Joel Mokyr

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History

Field: Economics, History

Focus Areas: Innovation

Elie Rekhess

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Crown Visiting Professor in Israel Studies

Field: History, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Arabic Culture and Politics, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics

David Shyovitz

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: Jewish Studies

Spencer Striker

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Education, History, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Educational Development, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Innovation, Sound Design, Technology Companies, Wearable Technology

Zachary Valentine Wright

Northwestern University in Qatar

Professor of Liberal Arts (History and Religious Studies)

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: African Culture and Politics, Arabic Culture and Politics, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics

Ji-Yeon Yuh

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. History