Daniel Graff

Daniel Graff is a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame. His work focuses on labor history, African-American studies, and economic history, emphasizing the intersections of race, labor, and citizenship in the United States. He has led initiatives like the Labor Cafe and Just Wage Working Group.

• Ph.D. in U.S. History from University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A. in U.S. History from University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.A. in History from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graff's research spans themes such as labor licensing codes in universities, race and citizenship in 19th-century St. Louis, and the chronic crisis in U.S. labor since 1981. His courses include "Labor & America since 1945" and "Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle against Slavery."

Scientific awards include the 2011 Edmund P. Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the 2013 Dockweiler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, and the 2010 Best Paper Prize at the Collective Memory in St. Louis Symposium.

As Director of the Higgins Labor Program since 2014, he has pioneered projects like the Labor Song of the Month and Work of Art/Art of Work, fostering engagement with labor issues through digital and community initiatives.