SABBATICAL: 09/01/2011 -
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History
Department: History
Contact
Office: Miller Library 252
Phone: 207-859-5329
Fax: 859-5340
Email: rsweisbr@colby.edu
Mailing Address
5329 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8853
Education
Ph.D. – Harvard University, 1980
M.A. – Harvard University 1974
B.A. – Brandeis University, 1973
Areas of Expertise
Modern American history, especially the 1960s
African-American history and the civil rights struggle of the 20th century
U.S. foreign policy and the Cold War
1962 Cuban missile crisis and John F. Kennedy