John Hinshaw
Chair of Social Sciences
Professor of History
Professor John Hinshaw has a Ph.D. in History from Carnegie Mellon University where he wrote about the racial and class politics of the steel industry and Pittsburgh. He did a post-docorate at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and looked at their steel industry’s history. He has taught at Lebanon Valley College since 2000.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, PA Election Results Signal Danger for the GOP in 2026, RealClear Pennsylvania, Nov. 10, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, video interview, ‘I Am a Dutchirican’: Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Latino USA, May 16, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Will Pennsylvania Allow Midwives to Save Mothers and Babies?, research by Dr. Ivette Guzman-Zavála, RealClear Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Improving the Lives of Lebanon County’s Unemployed, RealClear Pennsylvania, July 30, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Mamdani’s Win and Pennsylvania’s Populist Future, RealClear Pennsylvania, July 9, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Latino Pragmatist Runs for Mayor of Lebanon, RealClear Pennsylvania, June 17, 2025.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Voting in Pennsylvania During the Industrial Era, RealClear Pennsylvania, June 4.
Dr. John Hinshaw, op-ed, Voting in the Keystone State: the First 200 Years, RealClear Pennsylvania, May 23.
Steel and Steelworkers: Racial and Class Struggle in Twentieth Century Pittsburgh (SUNY University Press, 2002). “Dutchirican: The Growing Puerto Rican Presence in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country,” Pennsylvania Magazine of HIstory and Biography (2016)
Curated a public history exhibit with Dr. Ivette Guzmán titled: Dutchirican: A History of Latinos in Central Pennsylvania.
- With Justice for All? The History of the US Since 1861.
- The Rise and Decline of the American Middle Class
- Democracy Rising
- The Crisis of American Healthcare
- Foundations of Social Science
- The Politics of Climate Change
- The History of the U.S. to 1877