Author • Revolutionary Historian • Professor Emeritus

“Don’t force history to fit a pet theory.” I’ve shared this belief often throughout my years as a professor, teaching widely on early American social, military, and institutional history, with an emphasis on the War for Independence. The trail of evidence I uncover in libraries and archives, informs the narratives I write. I learn greatly from those with whom I’ve collaborated, including. Jim Martin, Edward Lengel, Garry Wheeler Stone, and Frank J. Esposito. Consequently, the history and the way we tell it is all the better for it. Biographies for presentations or other purposes are below.

A Short Bio for Presentations:
Mark Edward Lender has a Ph.D. in American History from Rutgers University. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Kean University, from which he retired as Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2011. He is the author or co-author of eleven books and many articles and reviews, and his writings have won awards for history, writing, and research. He was a finalist for The George Washington Prize, from Mount Vernon and Washington College, with Garry Wheeler Stone, for Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle, 2017.

Lender helped establish the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area as their First Vice President, and wrote the teacher training materials adopted by Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Rutgers University librarian emerita and author Penny Booth Page. He retains a great fondness for her, the history of his native New Jersey, and Elvis.

Affiliations/membership
American Revolution Round Table of Richmond
Society for Military History
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Pike County (PA) Historical Society at the Columns
Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honor Society)

Full Bio/CV
If you require a more robust biography including a full list of awards, you can download a PDF of the official Mark Lender C.V. here.