Douglas "Doug" Brinkley
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Douglas "Doug" Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Douglas "Doug" Brinkley has 183 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1993 Booknotes as a Professor for History in the Hofstra University. The year with the most videos was 1997 with 19 videos as a Director for the Eisenhower Center in the University of New Orleans. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 33,534 views per program. Most appearances with Brian Lamb (29), Richard Norton Smith (11), Peter Slen (9). Most common tags: U.S. History, Executive Branch, African Americans.

Appearances by Title:c. July 1, 2007 - Present Professor, History Department, Rice University


Videos: 88 c. July 1, 2007 - Present Fellow, History, Baker (James A. III) Institute for Public Policy


Videos: 4 c. January 1, 2007 - Present Professor, History Department, Tulane University


Videos: 4 c. March 31, 2005 - Present Director, Roosevelt (Theodore) Center for American Civilization, Tulane University


Videos: 13 c. December 20, 1994 - Present Director, Eisenhower Center, University of New Orleans


Videos: 70 c. January 1, 2007 - Present Historian, CBS News


Videos: 0

Previously

Associate Director, Eisenhower Center, University of New Orleans c. May 16, 1994 - c. December 20, 1994 Videos: 2 Professor, History, Hofstra University c. April 8, 1989 - c. May 16, 1994 Videos: 2

Recent Appearances

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