Ryan Jordan holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University, where he also served as a fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion. Dr. Jordan is a member of the social sciences faculty at National University. His writing has been published in Civil War History, Quaker History, and the Journal of the Early Republic. Dr. Jordan is also the author of several books including Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, Church, State, and Race in the United States: The Discourse of American Religions Liberty, and most recently, Contested Revolutions: The Era of American Independence, 1763-1791.