Dr. James Karmel is a Professor of History at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University at Buffalo (State University of New York) and is a scholar of the early republic. Dr. Karmel has taught American history at various colleges for two decades and has often focused on the Civil War for various educational projects. Recently, he was the project scholar for a “Let’s Talk About It” community reading discussion series on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War held at HCC and funded by the National Endowment for Humanities.
