Joel Swerdlow (Ph.D., Cornell University) taught the Politics of National Memory class for the Archer Fellowship Program and the Archer Plus class for the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program. He also oversaw the internship course for Undergraduate and Graduate Archer Fellows. Dr. Joel Swerdlow was a full professor in the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College at The University of Texas at Dallas. He began working with the Archer Center in 2006. Dr. Swerdlow has a long career as an author, editor, journalist, researcher, and educator. A senior writer and editor at National Geographic for ten years, his published works include "To Heal a Nation: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial", and "So As I Was Saying…My Somewhat Eventful Life", with Frank Mankiewicz. He was a senior fellow and director of programs and publications at the Washington Annenberg Program. His work, which reaches both academic and popular audiences in the United States and abroad, focuses on a range of scientific, technological and public policy issues.