Kevin Kruse

Kevin Kruse is an American historian and professor of history at Princeton University. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1972. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in history. He received his master's and PhD degrees from Cornell University. He wrote his PhD dissertation on white flight in Atlanta.

Kruse's research interests include the political, social, and urban/suburban history of 20th-century America, with a particular focus on the making of modern conservatism. Outside of academia, Kruse has attracted substantial attention and following for his Twitter threads where he provides historical context and applies historical research to current political events.

Kruse has written several books, including White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism (2005), The White Man's Burden: How the Civil Rights Movement Transformed America (2015), and One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (2019). He has also been a contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic.

Kruse is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Francis B. Sayre Prize. He is a member of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association.