Associate Professor of History, East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
Gerald J. Prokopowicz is the author of "Did Lincoln Own Slaves? and Other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln" (2008) and "All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862" (2001) as well as numerous articles and reviews.
He is a native of Detroit who received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. In 1993 he became the Lincoln Scholar and Director of Public Programs at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, then the world's largest museum dedicated to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Prokopowicz is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Lincoln Forum. He is currently chair of the history department at
East Carolina University.
Contact Information:
Telephone: (252) 328-1027
Willing to Travel? Yes
Fee for Services? Depends on audience/services
Lectures Offered:
Did Lincoln Own Slaves?
Reviving Lincoln
If Lincoln Had Lived
Waterloo in Kentucky: The Quest for Decisive Battle
Word of Honor: Lincoln and the Parole System
Great Emancipator or Dead White Male? Lincoln and the End of Slavery
Lincoln and the Law
Other Programs Offered:
Media Interview
Writing for Newspapers/Magazines
Writing for Scholarly Publications
