# John Stauffer Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies ![John Stauffer](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/aaas/files/john_stauffer.jpg?itok=AnHhDstg) location\_on Department of African and African American Studies 12 Quincy St. Barker Center 267 Cambridge, MA 02138 Fax: (617) 496-8737 smartphone [(617) 495-8440]() email laptop\_windows [John Stauffer](http://www.johnstauffer.org/) laptop\_windows [Article in "New York Times" titled "Fear and Doubt in Cleveland"](http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/fear-and-doubt-in-cleveland/?partner=rss&emc=rss) laptop\_windows [Harvard Scholar Website](http://scholar.harvard.edu/jstauffer) **JOHN STAUFFER** is the Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author or editor of 20 books and over 100 articles, which mostly focus on antislavery, social protest, or photography. *GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln* was a national bestseller. *The Black Hearts of Men* was the co-winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and the Lincoln Prize 2nd Place winner. *Picturing Frederick Douglass* was a Lincoln Prize finalist. His essays and reviews have appeared in *Time, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post*, Huffington Post, and in scholarly journals and books. He has been on national radio and TV, including *The Diane Rehm Show*, *Fresh Air*, and *Book TV*. He has served as a consultant for several films and exhibitions, including *Django Unchained, The Free State of Jones*, *The Abolitionists, and WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY*. And he has been a speaker and scholar for the U.S. State Department’s International Information Program. He lives in Cambridge with his wife, Deborah Cunningham, and their two sons, Erik and Nicholas. - ## People [Faculty](/people/faculty)