Seth Blumenthal

Seth Blumenthal is a Master Lecturer in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program. His research focuses on the history of the Republican Party since WWII and conservative politics in the 20th century. Blumenthal’s first book, Children of the Silent Majority: Youth Politics and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980 was published 2018, and won the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award.

 

He brings his own interests and research to his teaching, with classes like Imagining Vietnam: The Big Muddy in American Culture, and Marijuana in American History. In addition, his service-learning course, titled “the Educated Electorate,” requires his students to volunteer with political campaigns, nonprofits, and other groups, and then present a research paper on the issue at hand related to students’ own experience in political activism.

 

In 2020, Seth was recognized with Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence.