MARK ELLIS teaches American History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His publications on American society after 1910 include Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States Government During World War I (2001) and Race Harmony and Black Progress: Jack Woofter and the Interracial Cooperation Movement (2013). m.ellis@strath.ac.uk.

LAURA HIRSHBEIN is a historian and psychiatrist at the University of Michigan. She has written on the history of psychiatry, including changes in diagnosis and the role of smoking in mental health settings. She is currently working on the history of mood and behavior disorders in kids. lauradh@umich.edu.

PETER ROADY is a doctoral candidate in United States history at Columbia University. peter.roady@columbia.edu.

MELANIE JEAN SPRINGER is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on American political development with an emphasis on electoral institutions, voter turnout, state politics, southern politics, political parties, and partisanship. mjs@ucsc.edu.