Colleen Joy Shogan
Colleen Shogan | |
|---|---|
| Archivist of the United States | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Debra Wall (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 30, 1975 Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Boston College (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
Colleen Joy Shogan is an American author and academic who is the nominee to serve as archivist of the United States. Shogan is also the director of the David M. Rubenstein Center for White House History at the White House Historical Association.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Greater Pittsburgh, Shogan graduated from Norwin High School.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Boston College and a PhD in American politics from Yale University.[2]
Career
After earning her PhD, Shogan worked as an associate professor of government and politics at George Mason University. She is the author of Moral Rhetoric of American Presidents, a book on the rhetorical presidency. Shogan later joined the Library of Congress, where she served as assistant deputy for collections and deputy director of the Congressional Research Service. Shogan worked as the vice chair of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and taught as an adjunct professor in the government department at Georgetown University.[3]
She is the author of eight murder mystery novels, featuring Washington congressional aide Kit Marshall.[4]
References
- ^ "Colleen Shogan: Lessons in perseverance from the suffrage movement". TribLIVE.com. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Colleen Shogan (PhD '02, Political Science)". Office of Career Strategy - Yale University. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Colleen Shogan". WHHA (en-US). Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "ColleenShogan.com". Retrieved 2022-08-09.