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Steven Conn

W. E. Smith Professor of History, Miami University
Chapter Member: Central Ohio SSN
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About Steven

Conn focuses on putting current political and cultural debates into a deeper historical context. In particular, he has written about: urban history, the historical role of the government in American life, the use of American history in our current debates, the history of institutions and of higher education. Conn is the founder and editor of the on-line journal Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective. He is also an elected member of his local school board in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Contributions | No Jargon Podcast | In the News | Publications

Contributions

The Perils of America's Persistent Anti-Urban Traditions

Basic Facts Brief,

In the News

"Examining Attitudes And Policy Toward Immigrants In Rural Ohio," Steven Conn, Cincinnati Public Radio , January 2, 2019.
"Can You Run the Presidency Like a CEO?," Steven Conn, Springfield News-Sun, June 29, 2018.
"Understanding How Globalism Helps Us," Steven Conn, My Dayton Daily News, March 19, 2018.
"Business Schools Have No Business in the University," Steven Conn, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 20, 2018.
"Hey, Comcast Customers — This Cut’s (Not) for You," Steven Conn, Dayton Daily News, February 9, 2018.
Steven Conn quoted on America's anti-statism by Michael Kimmelman, "Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle is America’s Tale" New York Times, November 11, 2017.
"Remembering Watergate’s Lessons," Steven Conn, Dayton Daily News, May 23, 2017.
Regular contributions by Steven Conn to Huffington Post.
Guest to discuss political, economic, and social changes in America after the Civil War on PBS: An American Experience, Steven Conn, 2015.
"Let’s Make Suburbs into Cities: New Urbanism, Car Culture and the Future of Community," Steven Conn, Salon, August 17, 2014.

Publications

Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the 20th Century (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Explores how the fear of ethno-racial diversity and a strong streak of anti-government and anti-statism shaped the American response to the city. Looks at how these ideas shaped policy and places.

To Promote the General Welfare: The Case for Big Government (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Discusses a collection of essays by leading American historians including Brian Balogh, Kevin Boyle and Tom Sugrue. Evaluates aspects of American life including transportation, housing, banking and finance, and traces the role the Federal government has played in developing those areas. Articulates an antidote to Tea Party fulminations that we were once a nation of “small government.”