Kevin Mattson

Kevin Mattson (born 1966) is an American historian and critic. Mattson received his BA from the New School for Social Research and his PhD from the University of Rochester. For several years he ran the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University.

Kevin Mattson
Born (1966-12-25) December 25, 1966
Cheverly, Maryland, US
Political partyDemocratic
Academic background
Alma mater
  • New School for Social Research
  • University of Rochester
ThesisCreating a Democratic Public (1994)
Doctoral advisorChristopher Lasch
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineAmerican history
Institutions
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rutgers University
  • Ohio University

He is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. He is a fellow at the Center for American Progress and on the editorial board of Dissent.

He has received College of Arts & Sciences award for the Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship in the Social Sciences 2013–2014.

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