Jennifer Burns
Stanford historian; wrote biographies of Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman.
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- Jennifer Burns is an American historian, the Edgar E.
- Robinson Professor in United States History at Stanford University.
- She is also a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
- She studies 20th-century US political and cultural history, including markets, capitalism and economic ideas.
- Her books are Goddess of the Market (2009), on Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative (2023).
Key facts
- Born
- 19751
- Position
- Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History, Stanford University; research fellow, Hoover Institution1
- Before
- Assistant professor of history, University of Virginia, from 2007 to 20121
- Education
- BA in history, Harvard (1998); MA and PhD in history, UC Berkeley1
- Books
- Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (2009); Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative (2023)1
- Honours
- Thomas T. Hoopes Prize (1998); NEH Fellowship for University Professors (2017 to 2018); Age of Reagan Conference Book Prize (2025)1
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