Scholarship and Biography

Professor Whitfield is especially interested in the intersection of politics and ideas in twentieth-century America.

Honors

Eugene Kayden Award
University of Colorado System (United States, Boulder) - CU, 1981
Fulbright Visiting Professorship
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel, Jerusalem) - HUJI, 1983-1984
Max Richter Chair in American Civilization
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1985
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (Bellagio)
Rockefeller Foundation (United States, New York), 1991
Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1993
Fulbright Visiting Professorship, Catholic University of Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium, Louvain-la-Neuve) - UCL, 1993-1994
Brandeis Student Union Teaching Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2008
Samuel Proctor Award for Distinguished Scholarship
Southern Jewish Historical Society, 2010

Organizational Affiliations

Max Richter Professor of American Civilization, Emeritus, Interdepartmental Program in American Studies, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Fulbright Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium, Louvain-la-Neuve) - UCL

Fulbright Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel, Jerusalem) - HUJI

Allianz Visiting Professor of American Jewish History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany, Munich) - LMU

Education

Brandeis University
Ph.D.
Yale University
M.A.
Tulane University of Louisiana
B.A.