Professor Gienapp wins 2025 Teaching Excellence Award from Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California

Since 2015, Professor Jonathan Gienapp has been situated within the Department of History at Stanford University where he teaches history and law.

His nominator described inclusive, intellectually rigorous classrooms that ground discussions in historical context, encourage student-led dialogue, and combine thoughtful guidance with consistent encouragement and challenge.

Over the past decade, he has established a remarkably prolific record of scholarship, producing a wide array of articles, essays, book chapters, books, and amicus briefs. His most recent work, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique, was named a History Today Book of the Year in 2024.