Steve Gillon

Steve Gillon is the Scholar-in-Residence at HISTORY, Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma, and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center for the Study of the Presidency at the University of Virginia. Gillon received his B.A. in History from Widener University where he graduated summa cum laude with honors in History. He was named the recipient of the Faculty Prize for maintaining the highest undergraduate GPA. He went on to earn his A.M. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Gillon spent nine years teaching history at Yale University where he won the prestigious DeVane Medal for outstanding undergraduate teaching. In 1994, he accepted a position as University Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University. Three years later, he returned to the United States at the invitation of the president of the University of Oklahoma to become the founding dean of a new Honors College. Dr. Gillon is one of the nation's leading experts on modern American history and politics. He has written or edited nearly a dozen books including the New York Times bestsellers, The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation (Oxford, 2008) and America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (2019). Over the past decade, Gillon has hosted a number of shows on HISTORY, including the network's flagship public affairs program, HistoryCenter (1998-2009). He has also hosted Our Generation, History vs. Hollywood, and Movies in Time. He served as executive producer on the following prime-time specials: The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After (History, 2010) , Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After (History 2011), Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live (History, 2013), and JFK, Jr. The Final Year (A&E, 2019).