birth_date: 1936-01-01 00:00:00
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name: Peter N. Stearns
about: Peter N. Stearns is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost, from January 1, 2000 to July 2014.Stearns was Chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition, he founded and edited the Journal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon he developed a pioneering approach to teaching World History.