Eric Arnesen

Eric Arnesen is a Professor of History at The George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in African American labor history, race, and civil rights. His research spans 20th-century U.S. history with a focus on intersections between labor movements and racial dynamics.

• Education: Ph.D. from Yale University (1986)

His research explores:

• Black labor movements during the Great Migration
• Race and class intersections in industrial labor
• Anticommunism's impact on civil rights
• Historiography of race and labor

Recent publications focus on:

• 20th-century U.S. labor history
• Racial politics in academic writing
• Communist Party's role in racial dynamics

Major scientific awards include:

• Wesley-Logan Prize
• John H. Dunning Prize
• Fellowships from NEH, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Harvard

Current roles:

• Co-Chair, Washington History Seminar
• Director, American Historical Association's National History Center
• Deputy Academic Director, Albert H. Small Normandy Institute

He is completing a biography of civil rights and labor leader A. Philip Randolph while contributing to journals like American Historical Review and Labor: Studies in Working-Class History.