DR. AMY KITTELSTROM, Assistant Professor of American History at Sonoma State University,is available for comment on American political history, particularly the uses of the founding documents by minorities seeking an expansion of their civil rights.
She has taught a course on "The American Creed" at Harvard and at Sonoma State, which provides a framework for understanding the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in terms of rhetorical precedents from Jefferson through FDR.
She can also speak to issues regarding religion in the public sphere, historical contests over citizenship and reform, and the embattled role of intellectuals in American culture.
After three years teaching History and Literature at Harvard, Dr. Kittelstrom joined the faculty at SSU, where she teaches nineteenth and twentieth-century American history with an emphasis on religion, culture, and political theory.
Office: (707) 664-2327
E-mail: kitt@sonoma.edu
