Vikki J. Deakin earned her Ph.D. in history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Now an associate professor of history at Weber State University in Utah, Dr. Deakin has taught courses on the American Revolution, African-American history, colonial America, and American civilization. An expert on Thomas Paine, she is the author of My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and the American Revolution, from Routledge Press. In addition to her work with the university, Dr. Deakin serves as a lecturer for the History Alliance, an evening program of discourse for secondary public school history teachers.

Vikki J. Deakin earned her Ph.D. in history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Now an associate professor of history at Weber State University in Utah, Dr. Deakin has taught courses on the American Revolution, African-American history, colonial America, and American civilization. An expert on Thomas Paine, she is the author of My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and the American Revolution, from Routledge Press. In addition to her work with the university, Dr. Deakin serves as a lecturer for the History Alliance, an evening program of discourse for secondary public school history teachers.

Vikki J. Deakin earned her Ph.D. in history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Now an associate professor of history at Weber State University in Utah, Dr. Deakin has taught courses on the American Revolution, African-American history, colonial America, and American civilization. An expert on Thomas Paine, she is the author of My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and the American Revolution, from Routledge Press. In addition to her work with the university, Dr. Deakin serves as a lecturer for the History Alliance, an evening program of discourse for secondary public school history teachers.