Historian Stan Deaton

A Lecture about the US Constitution

Join us for an entertaining lecture with Dr. Stan Deaton, Senior Historian of the Georgia Historical Society and the Emmy-winning host and writer of "Today in Georgia History."

In honor of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries' ongoing series of programs dedicated to the U.S. Constitution, we are pleased to present this look at how the U.S. Constitution was viewed by Georgians and other Americans at the time of it's creation.

Stan Deaton is the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society, an endowed position created by Dr. Victor Andrews. He has worked at the Georgia Historical Society since 1998. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Florida, a Masters in history from the University of Georgia, and Bachelors degree in journalism from the Grady School at the University of Georgia. He was the Emmy-winning writer and host of Today in Georgia History, jointly produced for TV and radio by GHS and Georgia Public Broadcasting. At the Georgia Historical Society Deaton is a public historian, speaker, writer, teacher, and lecturer. He produces videos, writes a blog, and records podcasts that are all available at "Off the Deaton Path," speaks to groups across the country on a variety of subjects, serves as managing editor for the Georgia Historical Quarterly, recruits materials for the GHS Research Center; leads teacher training workshops; writes historical markers; conducts oral history interviews; helps write grants; assists with fund raising; writes newspaper editorials and is regularly interviewed by broadcast and print media on a variety of subjects related to history in the news.

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