Susan Dunn is Professor of Literature and the History of Ideas at Williams College and Senior Scholar and the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. She is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Sister Revolutions
Academic Degrees
* A. B. cum laude, Smith College, 1966. Phi Beta Kappa.
* Ph.D. Harvard University, 1973
Professional Experience
* Williams College, Preston S. Parish ’41 Third Century Professor in the Arts and Humanities, 1973 to present
* Wellesley College, Instructor, 1971-1973
* Harvard University, Extension Division, Instructor, 1970-1973
* Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, 1967-1970
Books in order of publication:
| The Deaths of Louis XVI: Regicide and the French Political Imagination | 1994 |
| Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light | 1999 |
| Jefferson’s Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism | 2004 |
| Something That Will Surprise the World: The Essential Writings of the Founding Fathers | 2006 |
| Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia | 2007 |
| Roosevelt’s Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party | 2010 |
| 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm | 2013 |
| A Blueprint for War: FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America | 2018 |
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