Faculty & Staff

Having earned his Ph.D. in history from the George Washington University, Professor Hartman focuses on twentieth-century United States history, particularly intellectual, political, and educational history.  His book, Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008.  Hartman is currently researching another book, "A War for the Soul Of America: A History of the Culture Wars, From the Sixties to the Present."  He also writes about Christopher Lasch, irascible historian and social critic, with an article forthcoming in the journal Rethinking History, titled "Christopher Lasch: Critic of Liberalism, Historian of Its Discontents."  Hartman is also co-editing a document reader with his ISU colleague Toure Reed titled "Civil Rights and the Fight Against 'Social Disorganization:' Underclass Ideology and Liberal Activism and Policy, 1909-2008."  Besides twentieth century US history, Professor Hartman is one of the department's history education specialists, stemming from his experience as a high school social studies teacher in the Denver area.  He is one of several co-editors of the academic weblog US Intellectual History: http://us-intellectual-history.blogspot.com/  For Hartman's recent review of Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism, go here:  http://www.washingtondecoded.com/