Bernard von Bothmer received a B.A. (1989) with honors from
Brown University, an M.A. (1993) from Stanford University, and a
Ph.D. (2006) from Indiana University. His teaching and research
interests include: U.S. political history; the Civil War and
Reconstruction; the Progressive era through World War Two; the U.S.
during and since the 1960s; and issues related to historical
memory. He is the author of
Framing the Sixties: The Use and
Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush
(University of Massachusetts Press, 2010). For more information on
his book, and to read his blog, go to
www.framingthesixties.com.
Professor von Bothmer, who also teaches history at Dominican
University of California, has taught at USF since 2005. He received
USF's 2010 Distinguished Lecturer Award for Excellence in
Teaching.
