Cameron Kline

History 316, Europe Since 1945

History 101, American History to 1865

Cameron L. Kline is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at Syracuse University. He is a graduate of Oxford University’s St. Cross College as a master of studies in history with a focus on early U.S. history. He is a published author and was also an adjunct professor of communications and crisis communications at Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kline was the first historian to create a comprehensive annotation, now part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's collection, of the Tobias Lear Journal (Dec. 10, 1799 – July 4, 1801), the only first-hand account of the death of George Washington and Lear’s appointment and journey to be Council to St. Domingue. 

Cameron received an M.St. in early American history from the University of Oxford, St. Cross College, in 2021, an M.S. in journalism from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana in 1998, and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana in 1996.

ORICiD: 0000-0002-5507-3907

New England Historical Society, The Tempestuous Life of Tobias Lear, George Washington’s In-Law, 2020

Col. Tobias Lear V. Journal Annotation, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (2019)

Professional Development, Presentations and Conferences

4^th Annual Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Biography Workshop, 2023

8^th Annual Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Graduate Student Research Workshop, 2023

Future Professoriate Program Annual Conference, Syracuse University, Presenter, “Preparing and Publicizing Your Work”, 2023

14^th Annual Syracuse University History Department Graduate Conference: Silences and Politics of Representation, Presentation and Panel Discussion, “A Secretary, a Spy, and a Slave: Protecting the Wealth and Reputation of the First President of the United States”, 2023

History Graduate Student Organization Research Expo, Presenter, “George Washington and Tobias Lear: The First Presidential Operative”, 2023

Future Professoriate Program, Syracuse University History Department, Academic Self-Advertising: How to Promote Yourself Effectively, Presentation, “Media, Interviews, and Protecting Your Professional Reputation”, 2023

136^th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Public History Tabletop Presentation, “George Washington and Tobias Lear: The First Presidential Operative”, 2023

12^th Annual Texas A&M History Conference, Presentation and Panel Discussion, “George Washington and Tobias Lear: The First Presidential Operative”, 2022

Historical Society of Philadelphia in Partnership with The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington/Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Symposium, “Tis Well – Tobias Lear and the Death of George Washington”, 2018

Professional and Academic Activities

• Early Modern Connected History Working Group
• Central New York Early Americas Consortium
• Student Mentor, Syracuse University History Department
• Future Professoriate Program, Syracuse University History Department
• Graduate Joint Consultative Committee, Alternative Delegate, Oxford History Graduate Network
• American Historical Association Member
• Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Member
• St. Cross College student volunteer, University of Oxford 

Adjunct Professor, Jefferson University (2018)
Communications 307, Public Relations Writing

Adjunct Professor, Jefferson University (2017)
Communications 318, Crisis Communications

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois (1997)
Journalism 350, Broadcast Journalism