James Axtell Editor & Author

James Axtell is Kenan Professor of Humanities at the College of William & Mary. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge universities, he is the author or editor of seventeen books, including the prize-winning "The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America" and "The Pleasures of Academe: A Celebration & Defense of Higher Education". He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.