Vivien Sandlund

Vivien Sandlund is a Professor of History and Director of the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program at Hiram College. She specializes in American history with a focus on slavery and abolition, African-American history, women's history, and environmental history. Her teaching includes courses on the Supreme Court, 1960s America, and interdisciplinary studies. She has led the MAIS program for a decade and previously worked as a television news reporter and EPA environmental researcher.

• Education: Ph.D. in American History (Emory University), M.A. and M.Ed. in American History (University of Massachusetts), B.A. in Political Science (University of Massachusetts)

Her research explores 19th-century US slavery abolition movements, particularly gradual emancipation strategies. She has published in journals like Journal of Presbyterian History and American Baptist Quarterly, and contributes reviews to academic platforms like HSHEAR and Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

Outside academia, she serves as social justice coordinator at Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent and is an active animal rescuer. She adopted her daughter from Guatemala.