Michael Krenn is a Professor of History at Appalachian State University. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, specializing in the study of U.S. diplomatic history. He has written five books, the most recent of which is The Color of Empire: Race and American Foreign Relations. He is currently at work on a study of the early-19th century natural scientist Samuel George Morton, famous for collecting nearly 1000 human skulls for his "craniological" studies.
