WU Past Featured Authors  

Ellen Eisenberg is the Dwight & Margaret Leer Professor of American History at Willamette University.  Professor Eisenberg came to Willamette in 1990.  She graduated with a B.A. from Carleton College and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of the following books:

• Jews of the Pacific coast: reinventing community on America's edge (2009)
• The first to cry down injustice: Western Jews and Japanese removal during WWII (2008)
• Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920 (1995)

Scott Nadelson is the Hallie Ford Chair in Writing and is a member of the English Department at Willamette. Scott received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his M.A. from Oregon State University. He came to Willamette in 2003 where he teaches creative writing. He is the author of the following books:

• Aftermath: stories (2011)
• The cantor's daughter: stories (2006)
• Saving Stanley: the Brickman stories (2004)

Roger Hull is Professor Emeritus of Art History and Senior Faculty Curator at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.  Roger received his B.A. from Whitman College and his M.A. and Ph.D from Northwestern University.  He taught courses at Willamette University on Renaissance, American, and Modern art from 1970 to 2010 and regularly led students in exploration and appreciation of Florence, Italy in a celebrated post-session program.  Roger is the author of several books listed below:

• Henk Pander: memory and modern life (2011)
• Harry Widman: image, myth, and modernism (2009)
• George Johanson: image and idea (2007)
• Charles E. Heaney: memory, imagination, and place (2005) 
• Intersections: the life and art of Jan Zach (2002)
• Eden again: the art of Carl Hall (2000)
• The Constance Fowler papers and collection of art: catalogue (1995)
  

Richard Ellis is the Mark O. Hatfield Professor of Politics; he has been teaching at Willamette since 1990.  Richard received his B.A. in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in Political Science.  He has been awarded Oregon Teacher of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and is a highly respected scholar and teacher.  Richard is a prolific writer and is the author of many books. Below is a list of some of his most recent publications:

• The development of the American presidency (2012)
• Debating reform: conflicting perspectives on how to fix the American political system (2011)
• Debating the presidency: conflicting perspectives on the American executive (2010)
• Judging executive power: sixteen Supreme Court cases that have shaped the American presidency (2009)
• Presidential travel: the journey from George Washington to George W. Bush (2008)
• To the flag: the unlikely history of the Pledge of Allegiance (2005)