Meet Dani Holtz
Dani Holtz is a historian of U.S. politics, Christian nationalism, and the American right. They received their Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (2017) and are finishing a book on US conservatism and extremist politics before the Civil War. They edited the award-winning Oxford Encyclopedia Of American Military And Diplomatic History and have published in The Washington Post. Dani has a background in curricular development and recently created an interdisciplinary civic-education curriculum for Oregon State University. Since 2020, they have built a political consulting business with their partner focused on civic engagement and fostering democratic practice. Together, they host a biweekly open-access discussion online about the state of American politics and a podcast about the culture wars called American Id.