Andrew Porwancher is a historian who received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, his M.A. from Brown University, and his B.A. from Northwestern University. His scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in academic journals such as History of Education, Journalism History, and Journal of Supreme Court History. He is currently working on a book about a Gilded Age murder trial. During the academic year, he teaches at the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma.