Program Officer

Joseph S. Meisel joined the Foundation in 1999 as Program Officer for Higher Education in the Research Universities and Humanistic Scholarship program.

He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Columbia University, and has taught at Columbia, Teachers College, and Baruch College of the City University of New York. While obtaining his doctorate, he also served as the senior analyst at Columbia's central budget office.

A specialist in the political culture of modern Britain, his book, Public Speech and the Culture of Public Life in the Age of Gladstone, was published in 2001. His work has also appeared in journals including History, Historical Research, and Twentieth Century British History, as well as in various edited volumes. In 2004, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.