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Telephone: (617) 552-2399 Office Location: Lawrence House Email: maneyp@bc.edu |
Education
Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1976
Fields of Interest
U.S. History, 1865-Present, the Presidency, and Congress
Academic Profile
A political and presidential historian, Maney has most recently written a biography of Franklin Roosevelt. He is currently researching a book on Bill Clinton’s presidency. A native of Wisconsin, Maney has served as Dean of the College and Graduate School of A&S at Boston College and taught American History at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he received the Sheldon Hackney Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Representative Publications
- Young Bob: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr., 1895- 1953 (1998[1978]).
- The Roosevelt Presence: The Life and Legacy of FDR (1998[1993]).
- "FDR: The Illusive Standard," Prologue (April, 1994).
- "Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat," in Masters of the House, edited by Raymond Smock, Susan Hammond, and Roger Davidson (1998).
- “They Sang for Roosevelt: Songs of the People in the Age of FDR,” Journal of American and Comparative Cultures. 23 (Spring 2000).
- “Joseph’s McCarthy’s First Victim,” Virginia Quarterly Review 77 (Summer 2001).
- “The Forgotten New Deal Congress, 1933-1945,” in The American Congress: The Building of Democracy, edited by Julian E. Zelizer (2004).