Sean Scanlon is a World War II Military Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. He received his BA in History and Religious Studies from Stonehill College, and his MA and PhD in History from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. A specialist in 20th-century U.S. diplomatic, military, and political history, Dr. Scanlon has done research at six presidential libraries and is a member of both the American Jewish Historical Society and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Before coming to the National World War II Museum, Dr. Scanlon was a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the University of Mississippi, where he taught a wide range of undergraduate courses in Modern U.S. History. He is proud to honor his three grandparents who served during World War II, including Thomas S. Scanlon, Jr., who joined the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942 and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1971 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Sean Scanlon, PhD
Military Historian

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