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My name is Cameron Blevins. Thank you for cosponsoring this event might particularly Jeffrey Engel england john phipps. Its my pleasure to introduce Cameron Blevins who braved last night whether to fly in from denver where he teaches u. S. History and humanities at the university of colorado campus in the mile high city. Before moving to the Current Ratio is assistant professor of history at Northeastern University in boston and the core faculty member at the school lab for networks. Cameron is in of the nutmeg state to does anybody know what the nutmeg state is . A number of you. I was hoping id be able to enlighten you. Although he posted palm streets and sunny skies of Southern California when he studied as an undergraduate he loved the west so much that he moved up interstate five to stand for where he his ph. D. In history in 2015. He argued boasts an impressive publication record and tonight he is here to to discuss with this his most significant accomplishment today, paper trail
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