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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Daniel A. Nathan, Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal". UI Press.
  2. ^ "Daniel A. Nathan". www.skidmore.edu.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.