Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Richmond

Expert Bio

Eric S. Yellin is Associate Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Richmond. He is Senior Curatorial Consultant and script writer for the new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, and completing an edited volume on the history of public work in the United States with Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. Dr. Yellin is author of Racism in the Nation’s Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America, and his public history writing has been featured in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Conversation, and elsewhere.