Josh Kluever is a historian of modern U.S. politics with a specialty in American socialism and third party movements. He is a lecturer at Alvernia University, and received his PhD from Binghamton University in May 2024. Josh’s dissertation, "Hiding in Plain Sight: American Socialists at the State Level, 1899-1945," explores how socialist state legislators operated in statehouses during the early 20th century. He has taught courses focused on the modern United States, including a comparative course that focused on the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.