Daniel A. Nathan is an American scholar who was the Douglas Family Chair in American Culture, History, and Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore College.[1]
Nathan received his M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa.[2]
Nathan is known for his research on American sport, memory, and cultural representation.[3][4]
He is a Past President of the North American Society for Sport History and is the editor of the Journal of Sport History.
His father is Irvin B. Nathan.
Books
edit- Sports through the Lens: Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs (2025), co-edited with Maureen M. Smith and Sarah K. Fields
- Baseball Beyond Our Borders: An International Pastime (2017), edited with George Gmelch
- Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City (2016)
- Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity (2013)
- Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal (2003)
Fellowships and awards
edit- Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Lectureship, 2021-2022
- North American Society for Sport History Book Award (anthology), 2014
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2005-06
- Webb-Smith Essay Competition winner (with Peter Berg and Erin Klemyk), 2005
- USA Track & Field Ken Doherty Memorial Fellowship, 2004
- North American Society for Sport History Book Award, 2004
- North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award (monograph), 2003
- Fulbright Grantee, University of Tampere, Finland, 2001-02
- University of Iowa Ada Louisa Ballard/Seashore Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-97
References
edit- ^ "Daniel A. Nathan, Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal". UI Press.
- ^ "Daniel A. Nathan". www.skidmore.edu.
- ^ Levine, Peter (1 March 2004). "Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal. By Daniel A. Nathan.(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003. x, 285 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-252-02765-5.)". Journal of American History. 90 (4): 1492–1493. doi:10.2307/3660441. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 3660441.
- ^ Marquis, Peter (30 December 2014). "Daniel Nathan, ed. Rooting for the Home Team, Sport, Community and Identity". Transatlantica (2). doi:10.4000/transatlantica.7196. ISSN 1765-2766.