Matt Mulhern

BFA, Acting, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, 1982

Masters, History, City College of New York, 2019

History candidate, Ph.D., Fordham University

Article 

The Graduate History Review, “Zbigniew Brzezinski's Arc of Crisis and the Origin of U.S. Involvement in Afghanistan,” Fall 2022 issue.

Book Review 

H-Net, “A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam.” By Vassily Klimentov, Fall 2024.

Journal of Cold War History, “Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa,” 1961-1975. By Natalia Telepneva, Winter 2022-2023 issue.

The Journal of Military History, "Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan," By Elisabeth Leake, Fall 2023.

Awards

Beacon Exemplar Teaching Award - For Outstanding Service in Support of Fordham Students, United Student Government, Spring 2024

2024 Gilder Lehrman Scholarly Fellowship Recipient 

Teaching Fellow

Academic Years 2024-2025, 2025-2026

Courses Taught

• The History of Race and Ethnicity in the United States, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Fall 2023
• The Vietnam Wars, Spring 2024
• U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1898, Spring 2025