Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley born December 14 1960 is an American author Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007 Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023