Professor William Tilchin
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William N. Tilchin is a scholar in the fields of U.S. diplomatic history and the history of presidential leadership. His primary research focus is the presidency and foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt

Professor Tilchin is the author of Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire: A Study in Presidential Statecraft (St. Martin's Press, 1997) and of numerous essays on Roosevelt's diplomacy and related topics.

He is co-editor (with Charles E. Neu) of Artists of Power: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and their Enduring Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy (Praeger Security International, 2006.)

Professor Tilchin is also the editor of the quarterly Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal and has been a keynote or luncheon speaker in various forums throughout the United States.

In 2006 he won the Peyton Richter Award for interdisciplinary teaching. Read more about Prof. Tilchin in the BU Bridge.