Jane Kamensky educates annals at Brandeis University. She is the scribe of ruling the Tongue: The Politics of talk in Early New England and The Colonial Mosaic: American Women, 1600-1760. She is a advisor and on-camera professional for documentaries shown on PBS and The History conduit, and has made appearances on nationwide Public wireless and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2000, she co-founded Common-place (www.common-place.org), an award-winning online journal that she co-edited from 2000 to 2004. She lives in Cambridge with her married man and two children.