Claire Bond Potter is an American historian. She is a professor of history at

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. She is co-executive editor of the journal '' Public Seminar''. Potter received a BA from

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, where she studied English literature and worked for the ''

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'', and a PhD from

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. From 2006 to 2015, Potter wrote a blog called The Tenured Radical, hosted by ''

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'' from 2011 onward. Her 2020 book ''Political Junkies'' was described in ''

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'' as "an illuminating rundown of historical trends in political journalism, from New Deal–era consensus building to today's super-partisan echo chambers". In 2025, Potter vociferously defended the American Historical Association elected council's veto of its member's resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza.

Books

*''War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men and the Politics of Mass Culture'' (Rutgers University Press, 1998) *with Renee Romano, ''Doing Recent History: On Privacy, Copyright, Video Games, Institutional Review Boards, Activist Scholarship, and History that Talks Back'' (University of Georgia Press, 2012) *with Renee Romano ''Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Restaged American History'' (Rutgers University Press: 2018) *''Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy'' (2020,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Claire Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American historians American women historians Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts faculty Yale University alumni New York University alumni