A prizewinning historian, he, along and his wife, Abigail, was a conservative opponent of racial preferences, favoring school ...

With his wife, Abigail, the Harvard professor spent much of his career studying social mobility and the American Dream ...

Stephan Thernstrom, a prizewinning historian who rose to national attention during the culture wars of the 1990s when he and his wife, political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, joined conservatives ...

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Stephan Thernstrom, 56, a professor at Harvard University for 25 years, is considered one of the pre-eminent scholars of the history of race relations in America. He has tenure. He has won prizes and ...

During the 1970s senior Americanists David Donald and Stephan Thernstrom strengthened that wing; fourteen junior appointees leavened the lump (though blacks and women did not yet loom large on the ...

In a masterful performance, Stephan James — whose resume is dotted with many memorable turns in “Selma,” “Race” and “Homecoming” — puts a face to the struggles that so many ex ...