Expertise

My research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and the family. I am currently working on a study of child protection in the United States that will assess issues such as child labor, juvenile justice, school reform, disabilities, and child abuse from the 1870s to the present. His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and the family.

Research Interests

  • American legal history
  • History of children and the family
  • History of American social policy

His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and the family.

Affiliations

Sally Reahard Professor, History
2005 - current

History
1995 - current

Professor, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington
2005

Past Affiliations

Center for Law, Society and Culture, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington

Sally M. Reahard Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Faculty, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Reahard Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Jerome Hall Law Library, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Professor, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Interim Department Chair, Department of Criminal Justice, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Department Chair, Department of Criminal Justice, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
North American Studies, History
Degrees
PhD, Brandeis University, History of American Civilization, 1979
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, History, 1972
Keywords
history of law law and social change
Honors

Fellowship, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2005-2006

Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 2005-2006

Faculty Fellowship (The politics and ethics of childhood), Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions (Indiana University), 2004-2005

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Department of History (Indiana University), 1998-1999

Charles Riley Armington Research Professor, Western Reserve College, 1987-1988

Ohio Academy of History Publication Prize (Governing the Hearth), 1986

Associations
American Association of University Professors
American Historical Association
American Society for the Study of Legal History
Law and Society Association
Organization of American Historians