Maurice Isserman

Maurice Isserman
Isserman in 2008
Born (1951-03-12) March 12, 1951 (age 73)
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorEugene Genovese
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsHamilton College
Main interests
  • History of American communism
  • history of the New Left

Maurice Isserman (born 1951) is a Professor of History at Hamilton College. He has written about the Communist Party USA during the Popular Front period of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the emergence of the New Left and the 1960s. He co-authored a biography with Dorothy Ray Healey and authored a biography of Michael Harrington, both of whom were co-founders of Democratic Socialists of America.[1][2] He has contributed editorials and book reviews to The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and The American Alpine Review. In 2008, he began writing about mountaineering.

  1. ^ "Maurice Isserman - Faculty Directory". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ "Isserman Interviewed by Former Secty. of Education Bennett". Hamilton College. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2016.