Stephen Kantrowitz

Stephen Kantrowitz is Plaenert-Bascom Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in race, citizenship, and Native-settler relations during 19th-century America. His publications include Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History and Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy, which received the Ellis Hawley Prize and was a NYT Notable Book.

Kantrowitz's research examines citizenship transformations through Indigenous experiences, with recent articles analyzing the Fourteenth Amendment's limitations for Native Americans. He chairs the advisory committee for the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History and co-convenes the 'Campuses and Colonialism' symposium examining universities' relationships with Indigenous communities.

Major Awards:

• Ellis W. Hawley Book Prize
• Oscar A. Winther Award
• Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award

He contributes to public history through the Justified Anger Initiative's 'Black History for a New Day' community course and reports on UW-Madison's historical ties to racial exclusion.