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David Witwer is an associate professor of history at Lycoming College. He has published articles in scholarly journals, including Labor History, Social Science History, and the Journal of Women's History. Witwer also authored the book, Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union, which Choice magazine named one of the best academic books of 2004. The book was also awarded the Richard Wentworth Prize for the best history book published by University of Illinois Press in 2003.
Before joining the Lycoming faculty, Witwer was a former employee of the New York County District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office, where he worked on cases involving labor racketeering. He currently serves on the editorial board of the journal, Labor History.
Witwer recently received a year-long full fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as a research fellowship from the Gilder Lehman Institute of American History. In addition to his work at Lycoming, Witwer has been a visiting fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. He is currently working on a new book on controversial newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler.
Witwer received his bachelor's degree from Depauw University and his master's and doctorate from Brown University. He currently resides in Lewisburg, PA with his wife Catherine.
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