Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Richardson has authored six books on history and politics. In 2014, Richardson founded a popular history website, werehistory.org. Between 2017 and 2018, she co-hosted the NPR podcast Freak Out and Carry On. Most recently, Richardson started publishing "Letters from an American", a nightly newsletter that chronicles current events in the larger context of American history. The newsletter accrued tens of thousands of subscribers, making her, as of December 2020, the most successful individual author of a paid publication on Substack. Richardson also co-hosts the podcast Now & Then with fellow historian Joanne B. Freeman. In February 2022, Richardson interviewed President Joe Biden. (en)
Is staraí Meiriceánach agus ollamh le stair ag Boston College í Heather Cox Richardson, áit a múineann sí cúrsaí ar Chogadh Cathartha Mheiriceá, Ré an Atógála, Iarthar Mheiriceá, agus Indiaigh na Machairí. Roimhe sin mhúin sí stair ag MIT agus in Ollscoil Massachusetts Amherst . Tá sé leabhar ar stair agus ar pholaitíocht scríofa ag Richardson. Sa bhliain 2014, bhunaigh Richardson suíomh Gréasáin a bhfuil tóir air, werehistory.org. Idir 2017 agus 2018, bhí sí ina comh-óstach ar phodchraoladh NPR Freak Out and Carry On. Le déanaí, thosaigh Richardson ag foilsiú "Letters from an American", nuachtlitir oíche a thugann cuntas ar imeachtaí reatha i gcomhthéacs níos níos mó, sé sin stair Mheiriceá. D’fhabhraigh an nuachtlitir na mílte síntiúsóir, rud a d’fhág gurbh í, ó mhí na Nollag 2020, an t-údar aonair is rathúla d’fhoilseachán íoctha ar Substack. Tá Richardson ina chomhóstach ar an bpodchraoladh Now & Then in éineacht leis an staraí eile Joanne B. Freeman. I mí Feabhra 2022, chuir Richardson agallamh ar an Uachtarán Joe Biden.Heather Cox Richardson’s interview of Joe Biden made me feel better about Biden, the country and life in general (ga)
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. (en)
Is staraí Meiriceánach agus ollamh le stair ag Boston College í Heather Cox Richardson, áit a múineann sí cúrsaí ar Chogadh Cathartha Mheiriceá, Ré an Atógála, Iarthar Mheiriceá, agus Indiaigh na Machairí. Roimhe sin mhúin sí stair ag MIT agus in Ollscoil Massachusetts Amherst . (ga)