Draft:Lindsay M. Chervinsky

Career
Chervinsky was born in California. She received her B.A. in history and political science, graduating with honors from George Washington University. She later obtained her masters (2014) and Ph.D. (2017) from the University of California, Davis. She then worked as a historian at the White House Historical Association and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, became a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, and a Kundrun Open Rank Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies. Her work has received fellowship funding from numerous organizations, including the Library of Congress, the Society of the Cincinnati, the International Center for Jefferson Studies, and the National Library for the Study of George Washington. Chervinsky is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History.

Authorship and Research
Chervinsky is the author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, which was published by Belknap / Harvard University Press in April 2020. The Wall Street Journal says of her writing, “[Chervinsky] argues persuasively that focusing on its development helps us understand pivotal moments in the 1790s and the creation of an independent, effective executive.”

The Cabinet was awarded the 2021 NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution, a Finalist for the 2020 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award , and Co-Winner, 2019 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize. Chervinsky is the co-editor, with Matthew R. Costello, of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture published by University of Virginia Press in February 2023. Her third book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2024. Chervinsky is the author and narrator of “The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History” Great Courses published by Audible. Chervinsky’s scholarship has been published in Law and History Review, Journal of the Early Republic, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. While working as a historian at the White House Historical Association, Chervinsky helped launch the Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood Initiative. She wrote articles for the initiative on slavery and the President’s House, George Washington, John Adams , John Quincy Adams , and Ona Judge. At WHHA, she also authored a series of articles on presidents, their cabinets , and the White House.

Media & Interviews
Dr. Chervinsky’s reports on American policy as well as her book reviews have been published in numerous newspapers, including Washington Post, TIME , CNN.com , and The Wall Street Journal. She is a regular source on American history for publications like The BBC, Associated Press , New York Times , CBC News , and many more.

Chervinsky is a regular guest on the Listening to America podcast (formerly known as the Thomas Jefferson Hour). She was the co-host of the podcast series The Past, The Promise, The Presidency for its first three seasons.