Stephanie Hinnershitz received her PhD from the University of Maryland in 2013 and has held various teaching positions before coming to The National WWII Museum. She has published three books and multiple articles on topics related to Asian American history and the Home Front during World War II.
Stephanie Hinnershitz, PhD
Senior Historian, Institute for the Study of War and Democracy
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Private George Watson's Medal of Honor
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Japanese American Incarceration: The Camps and Coerced Labor
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Japanese Americans and the Wartime Experience in Hawaii
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