DAWSON BARRETT is associate professor of US History at Del Mar College in Texas.

He is the author of THE DEFIANT: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America (New York University Press, 2018) and TEENAGE REBELS: Successful High School Activists from the Little Rock Nine to the Class of Tomorrow (Microcosm Publishing, 2015).

He is the co-author, with Jonathan Wright, of the award-winning PUNKS IN PEORIA: Making a Scene in the American Heartland (University of Illinois Press, 2021).

PUNKS IN PEORIA

“Among the best examples I’ve encountered of a book using scholarly methodologies that’s hugely accessible to any interested reader. Indeed, this text should be seen as a gold standard for academic writers who want to reach the public.”

THE DEFIANT

“An important book for our times. The Defiant reads like a continuation of Howard Zinn’s A Peoples History of the United States, picking up where Zinn left off.”

TEENAGE REBELS

“With this book as an introduction, any high schooler could begin to imagine a school where they could stand up and fight for themselves.”