
University of Maryland
Dr. Richardย Bellย is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and hasย won more than a dozen teaching awards, includingย the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of theย Andrewย Carnegie Fellowship and theย National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. Professor Bell is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odysseyย Home,ย which was shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize.ย