Andrew Yarrow

PhD, George Mason University
yarrow@american.edu
Office Hours: Tues./Fri. 9:45-10:45am

Course Syllabi

Spring 2008

HIS 207 The United States since 1945

Fall 2007

HIS 207 The United States since 1945

Fields of Interest

Andrew L. Yarrow, is visiting history professor at American University, teaching courses on 20th-century America. He received his Ph.D. from George Mason University and an MPA from Harvard University, and is a consultant to the The Brookings Institution. A former reporter for The New York Times, his books include Latecomers: Children of Parents Over 35 (Free Press, 1991), and Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility (Yale University Press, 2008). He has published many op-eds, popular and schoarfly articles.

Dr. Yarrow previously taught journalism at American University; was a Clinton Administration political appointee; consulted for the World Bank, UNICEF, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Carnegie Corporation; worked for the U.S. Department of Labor and the Export-Import Bank; and received fellowships from the European Union, the French Government, the Kennedy and Truman Presidential Libraries, Princeton University, George Mason University, and the Institute for International Education.

Photo: The Quadriga on the Brandenberg Gate, Berlin, Germany.