Daniel Scroop

Fulbright All Disciplines Scholar Award - Emory & Henry University

Daniel Scroop graduated with a BA and DPhil in Modern History from the University of Oxford. As a doctoral student, he spent a year at Columbia University in New York City, where he conducted research in US political history, focusing on the New Deal and American liberalism. Since then, he has published and taught on a variety of American political, social, and intellectual themes. In 2015-16 he was the Walter Hines Page fellow at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina.

At the University of Glasgow, where he has worked since 2012, he has developed an interest in how the stories we tell about the past connect to questions about citizenship and expertise.. His Fulbright project at Emory and Henry University, a liberal arts college in southwest Virginia, will examine those questions. He looks forward to sharing his ideas with students, faculty, and the public.

In addition to being an historian, Daniel is deeply involved in the Scottish running scene both as a coach and club leader. He is the president of Garscube Harriers, one of Scotland’s largest running clubs. At Emory and Henry, he is keen to connect with local athletes and to build bridges between Scotland and Appalachia.