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PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN TO DISCUSS UPCOMING ELECTION DURING LECTURE AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY --Joan Hoff, author of books on Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, and Eleanor Roosevelt, to speak on October 19 Joan Hoff, a distinguished presidential historian and a specialist in twentieth century American politics and foreign policy, will speak at William Paterson University in Wayne on Thursday, October 19. Her address, "Why This Election Matters," will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium on campus. Admission is free; a reception will immediately follow. Hoff's appearance on campus is sponsored by the University's Faculty Senate and the Office of the Provost. Hoff is director of the Contemporary History Institute and professor of history at Ohio University, and is the former president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency in New York City. Her books include "Nixon Reconsidered," "Herbert Hoover, Forgotten Progressive," and "Without Precedent: The Life and Career of Eleanor Roosevelt." In addition to her work as a presidential historian, Hoff is the author of numerous works dealing with women's rights and legal issues, including "Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women," a work incorporating ten years of legal research. She is co-editor, with Susan Guber, of "For Adult Users Only: The Dilemma of Violent Pornography." Hoff has won numerous awards for her scholarship, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, fellowships to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Radcliffe Institute, and a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through the Fulbright Program, Hoff has been a lecturer in Australia and served as the Mary Ball Washington Chair in American History at University College in Dublin, Ireland. Hoff also has been a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and the Brookings Institution, and is currently the Visiting James Pinckney Harrison Professor of History at the College of William and Mary. Hoff holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. For additional information on the lecture, please contact Professor Edward Burns, William Paterson University professor of English, at 973-720-3055 or e-mail burnse@wpunj.edu. William Paterson University, one of the nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 30 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the University enrolls approximately 10,000 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution's 352 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fulbright Program (24 scholars), the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society. ### For Further Information, contact: Mary Beth Zeman, Director Office of Public Information 973-720-2966 Back to News Releases