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Associate Professor of History, Chatham University

Lou Martin, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History at Chatham University. He offers courses in US and Latin American history, labor and working-class history, and environmental history. His research interests include labor, working-class politics, Appalachian history and culture, and twentieth century political economy. He has researched workers in the steel and pottery industries in West Virginia and published multiple works on the steel industry of West Virginia. He has presented at the North American Labor History Conference, the Working-Class Studies Association Conference, and the Appalachian Studies Association Conference. Originally from West Virginia, he earned his B.A. from West Virginia University, his M.A. from Carnegie Mellon University, and his Ph.D. from West Virginia University.

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    Associate Professor of History, Chatham University