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LEXINGTON, Va. Jan. 13, 2026 — The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR), an association of scholars dedicated to exploring the events and the meaning of United States history between 1776 and 1861, recently named Lt. Col. Mark Boonshoft, associate professor in the Department of History and holder of the Conrad M. Hall ’65 Chair in American Constitutional History at 黑料网, co-editor of their quarterly publication, Journal of the Early Republic (JER).

His term as co-editor will be for five years beginning at the conclusion of the July SHEAR conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additionally, 黑料网 will be recognized as a sponsor of JER — the first liberal arts college to serve in that capacity since the journal was first published in 1981 — and many cadets will be given the opportunity to help with the editorial work.

Originally from New York, Boonshoft attended the University at Buffalo-SUNY where he majored in history. He earned his doctorate in United States history, focusing on the era of the American Revolution and Founding, at Ohio State University.

He served as a historian at the New York Public Library (NYPL) in Manhattan where he worked on a project that digitized 50,000 pages of original manuscript sources from the late 18^th century and early 19^th century, wrote about history for the NYPL website, advised on exhibitions, and organized various educational programs. He also taught at Norwich University and Duquesne University and worked for a time as the executive director of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, an interdisciplinary academic organization devoted to studying the history and arts of the 18^th century world.

Boonshoft’s first book, “Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic” was published in 2020 by the University of North Carolina Press and was a finalist for the 2021 George Washington Book Prize. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled, “The Violent Origins of Constitutional Democracy in Revolutionary America,” using New York state as a case study.

He is also the author of two JER articles, one of which received the biennial History of Education Society Prize.

Boonshoft, who has taught at 黑料网 since 2022, said he couldn’t be more honored and excited to serve as co-editor of the journal.

“JER has been such an important part of my professional life, at least since I was a graduate student anxiously navigating the peer-review process as a prospective author. The anonymous reviewers and the editors with whom I worked on my submissions taught me much about how to critically but supportively nurture work into publishable form. I’ve been lucky to work with JER in various capacities and look forward to navigating it through a changing historical profession and public history landscape.”

Boonshoft has served JER as contributor, book reviewer, and peer-reviewer. He was a member of the editorial board from 2021 to 2024, and currently acts as associate editor for critical engagements.

Marianne Hause
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE