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name: Adam D. Shprintzen
about: Adam D. Shprintzen received his PhD in History with distinction from Loyola University Chicago in May 2011, where his studies focused on nineteenth century America. Adam's first book, entitled The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921 will be published by the University of North Carolina Press in October 2013. Currently, Adam currently serves as Digital and Archival Historian (see, Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington) at Mount Vernon, where he manages digital history projects as well as the institution's archival holdings.Adam received his BA (with honors) from Manhattanville College in 1999, his MA in History at Hunter College, CUNY in 2005, and his PhD from Loyola University Chicago in 2011. Adam has Adam D. Shprintzen received his PhD in History with distinction from Loyola University Chicago in May 2011, where his studies focused on nineteenth century America. Adam's first book, entitled The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921 will be published by the University of North Carolina Press in October 2013. Currently, Adam currently serves as Digital and Archival Historian (see, Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington) at Mount Vernon, where he manages digital history projects as well as the institution's archival holdings.Adam received his BA (with honors) from Manhattanville College in 1999, his MA in History at Hunter College, CUNY in 2005, and his PhD from Loyola University Chicago in 2011. Adam has presented his research findings on vegetarian history to a variety of academic conferences, has two articles published on the subject and has spoken to various vegetarian groups and societies on the identity's history. In addition to spending his time scouring archives to find old vegetarian cookbooks, Adam is a nearly obsessive baseball fan, enjoys listening to a wide range of music and spending time in the kitchen experimenting with a variety of vegetarian recipes. Most importantly, Adam lives in Alexandria, VA with his wife, daughter and two cats, all of whom put up with his long descriptions of long gone vegetarians, wheat bread and boarding houses. ...more