Professor Laura Watt talked about the evolution of a national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. She argued that this approach often obscures the ways humans have already interacted with the land. She also spoke about her research on the Point Reyes National Seashore, which used to be a dairy ranch community before it was designated a national park in the 1960s.

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Norfolk State University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander discussed the history of the Underground Railroad and efforts to escape enslavement before the Civil War. Norfolk State is an historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia.

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University of Akron professor Kevin Kern discusses the Ohioans who were elected president, including the seven that served between 1868 and 1920.

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University of Delaware Professor Zara Anishanslin taught a class about how colonial history is remembered through historic sites and monuments, and sometimes contested. She argued that people’s assumptions about Colonial America are influenced by material and popular culture, including paintings depicting early American history in the U.S. Capitol and statues of Columbus and Pocahontas. This video was provided by the University of Delaware. 

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American University professor Joseph Campbell explored a decade of political, foreign policy, cultural and social events to define the zeitgeist of the American 1990s. American University is located in Washington, D.C.

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Boston College economics professor Chandini Sankaran discussed the evolution of job skills and how computers and robots have changed labor markets and the types of jobs available.

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University of California, Davis, art history professor Heghnar Watenpaugh discussed objects of native American culture in museum collections as well as repatriation efforts.

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Douglas Kennedy of the U.S. Air Force Academy taught a class on Vietnam's War's "Operation Rolling Thunder" air campaign, which took place from 1965-68. He described goals of the campaign, such as destroying North Vietnam's transportation system, but also discussed the limitations put in place to avoid antagonizing other communist powers such as the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

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University of South Carolina professor Kent Germany used an urban stream and its surrounding landscape to tell the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Boston College professor Angela Ards taught a class about underground newspapers during the 1960s. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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