Professional Affiliation

Professor of History, Boston College

Expert Bio

Kevin Kenny is professor of history at Boston College. His books include Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment (2009), The American Irish (2000), Making Sense of the Molly Maguires (1998), and (as editor), Ireland and the British Empire: The Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series (2003). He is currently writing a book on the concept of diaspora and an article about Lincoln’s views on immigration.