AP TEAM TERM PAPER TOPIC LIST:
	AD (Autobiobraphers and Diarists)			BH (Biographers and History Writers)	J (Journalists)
	C (Critics)			EF (Essayists and Fiction Writers)	P (Political Writers)
	SN (Science and Nature Writers)
Abbey, Edward	SN	1927-1989	American author with environmentalist philosophy
Adams, John Quincy	P	1767-1848	Lawyer, politician and statesman; last of the Federalists?
Addams, Jane	P	1860-1935	Writer, reformer, activist--began with Chicago's Hull House
Agee, James	EF	1909-1955	American author and film critic
Alger, Horatio	EF	1832-1898	Prolific author of books inspiring the pursuit of the American Dream
Allen, Paula Gunn	C	1939-	American author with feminist and Native American influences
Ambrose, Stephen	BH	1936-2002	Prolific writer of popular historical topics
Angelou, Maya	AD	1928-	Ameircan autobiographer highlighting economic, racial, and sexual oppression
Arendt, Hannah	P	1906-1975	German-born American political philosopher; critic of totalitarianism
Baldwin, James	EF	1924-1987	American author and playwright with a focus on race in America
Baldwin, Roger	P	1884-1981	Civil libertarian, sociologist, and founder of the ACLU
Bate, Walter Jackson	BH	1918-1999	American biographer of English writers like Keats and Johnson
Berry, Wendell	SN	1934-	Ameican author and poet with ecological responsibility emphasis
Brown, John	P	1800-1859	Outspoken and militant abolitionist
Bryan, William Jennings	P	1860-1925	Lawyer, Democratic candidate, reformer, fundamentalist
Buckley, William F.	P	1925-	American writer influencing conservative politics
Calhoun, John	P	1782-1850	Congressman, senator, and vice presidnet; advocate for states' rights and nullification
Carmichael, Stokely	P	1941-1998	Civil rights advocate; participant in SNCC, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, Black Power, and Black Panthers
Carson, Rachel	SN	1907-1964	American biologist and environmentalist writer
Chavez, Cesar	P	1927-1993	Advocate for migrant workers and founder of NFWA and the UFW
Clay, Henry	P	1777-1852	American legislator, statesman, speaker
Croce, Arlene	C		Writer for the New Yorker
Crockett, Davy	P	1786-1836	Frontier statesman and warrior
Dana, Charles	AD	1819-1897	American journalist, reformer, writer
de Crevecoeur, Jean	P	1735-1813	French American author of life in the new world
de Tocqueville, Alexis	P	1805-1859	French political scientist and writer with an emphasis on politics and society in the U.S.
Debs, Eugene	P	1855-1926	Journalist, union leader, activist, political candidate, and anti-war advocate
Deloria, Vine (Jr.)	BH		Author with focus on American Indians
Didion, Joan	EF	1934-	American novelist with a focus on social unrest
Dillard, Annie	SN	1945-	American essayist on the natural world
Dix, Dorothea	P	1802-1887	American educator, author, and reformer--for the sick and insane
Douglass, Frederick	AD	1818?-1895	African American abolitionist and human rights advocate
Dowd, Maureen	J		New York Times writer
Drew, Elizabeth	J	1935-	American political journalist (Watergate, Clinton…)
Du Bois, W.E.B.	P	1868-1963	African American writer, reformer, activist--co-founder of the NAACP
DuBois, W.E.B.	P	1868-1963	American sociologist, black protest leader, co-founder of NAACP
Edel, Leon	BH	1907-1997	American literary critic and biographer (esp. Henry James)
Edwards, Jonathan	EF	1703-1758	English Puritan minister; leading intellectual figure in colonial America
Ehrenreich, Barbara	EF / P		American author and social critic (feminism, poverty, economics…)
Ehrlich, Gretel	SN		Author with a focus on nature and naturalists
Eiseley, Loren	SN	1907-1977	American anthropologist, educator, and author
Elder, Larry	EF	1952-	Libertarian author, collumnist, and talk show host
Ellmann, Richard	BH	1918-1987	American literary critic (esp. modern British and Irish authors)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo	C / EF	1803-1882	American speaker, poet, essayist, and Transcendentalist
Finney, Charles Grandison	P	1792-1875	American evangelist, orator, and abolitionist
Fisher, M.F.K.	J	1908-1992	American writer and creater of the "food genre"
Fitzgerald, Frances	J	1896-1940	American writer and novelist with a focus on the 1920s
Flanner (Genet), Janet	J	1892-1978	Long-time American correspondent in Paris for the New Yorker
Foote, Shelby	BH	1916-	American historian and writer with an emphasis on the South
Franken, Al	EF	1951-	Liberal commedian, author, and radio host
Franklin, Benjamin	AD	1706-1790	American author, inventor, scientist, and statesman
Franklin, John Hope	BH	1915-	African American historian and educatior with focus on civil rights
Frost, Robert	EF	1874-1963	America's greatest poet of the 20th century?
Fuller, Margaret	P	1810-1850	American critic, writer, reformer, and Transcendentalist
Garrison, William Lloyd	P	1805-1879	Abolitionist writer and publisher
Gates, Henry Louis (Jr.)	C	1950-	American critic and scholar of black literature
Geisel, Theodor Seuss	EF	1904-1991	American author and satirist; children's author (Dr. Seuss)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins	P	1860-1935	American feminist, speaker, and writer
Ginsberg, Alan	EF	1926-1997	Famous American Beat poet (e.g. "Howl")
Gompers, Samuel	P	1850-1924	Major American labor movement leader
Goodman, Ellen	J		Pulitzer Prize winning commentary writer
Gould, Stephen Jay	SN	1941-2002	American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science writer
Griffin, John Howard	EF  BH	1920-80	American author and teacher; most famous work: Black Like Me
Grimke, Angelina	P	1805-1879	Abolitionist, civil rights and suffrage advocate
Halberstam, David	J		Pulizter Prize winning writer and journalist
Hamilton, Alexander	P	1755-1804	American colonial patriot, supporter of the Constitution, and member of Washington's cabinet
Helper, Hinton	P	1829-1909	Southern anti-slavery advocate; defender of Southern poor
Henry, Patrick	P	1736-1799	Radical revolutionary patriot and critic of strong central power following the adoption of the Constitution
Hoagland, Edward	EF	1932-	American writer (esp. about nature and wildlife)
hooks, bell	C	1952-	American feminist educatior with a wide variety of contemporary topics in her writings
Hurston, Zora Neale	EF	1891-1960	Ameircan artist, scientist, and autor who wrote stories, novels, anthropological folklore and an autobiography
Jefferson, Thomas	P	1743-1826	Scientist, author, revolutionary, and statesman
Kael, Pauline	C	1919-2001	American writer, essayist, and critic--also connectied to film
Karnow, Stanley	J   BH	1925-	Journalist and historical writer with a focus on American foreign policy (e.g. imperialism and Vietnam)
Keller, Evelyn Fox	SN		Harvard Ph.D. graduate with passions for physics, feminism and more
Keller, Helen	AD	1880-1968	Author, feminist, activist
Kennan, George	P	1904-	American diplomat and historian; "Father" of the Containment policy
Kerouac, Jack	EF	1922-1969	Writer and beat founder--On the Road
Kesey, Ken	EF	1935-2001	Beat to hippy writer (e.g. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest); counterculture and psychoactive drug advocate
Kincaid, Jamaica	EF	1949-	Immigrant to the U.S. from Antigua; 20 year contributor to the New Yorker
King, Martin Luther (Jr.)	P	1929-1968	Minister, activist, writer, speaker
Kingston, Maxine Hong	AD	1940-	American daugther of Chinese immigrants; educator, writer, and feminist
Lapham, Lewis H.	P		American reporter, editor, and writer of contemporary issues
Lasn, Kalle	EF  C	1942-	Social critic and author of Culture Jam and founder of Adbusters
Lerner, Gerda	BH	1920-	Pioneer of women's history; Austrian immigrant to the U.S. during the rise of the Nazis
Limbaugh, Rush	EF	1951-	Conservative talk radio host, author, and comentator
Logan, Andy	J	1920-2000	American author and jounarist with a focus on New York City
Lopez, Barry	SN	1945-	American non-fiction writer with a focus on American Indians
Madison, James	P	1757-1836	Revolutionary, writer, statesman
Mailer, Norman	EF	1923-	Very celebrated and reviled American author--prolific writer
Matthiessen, Peter	SN	1927-	American novelist, short story writer, and nonfiction writer--focus on travels
McCarthy, Mary	EF	1912-1989	American author of twenty-eight books--fiction and non-fiction
McPhee, John	J		Pulitzer Prize winning American author and journalist
Mead, Margaret	SN	1901-1978	Influencial American anthropologist and author
Mencken, H.L.	J	1880-1956	Critic and humorist; influenced American fiction in the 1920s
Momaday, N. Scott	EF	1934-	Pulizer Prize winning poet, essayist, and author; some focus on Native Americans
Moore, Michael	EF / P		American author, film director, and social critic (poverty, economics...)
Morison, Samuel Eliot	BH	1887-1976	Prolific American writer of history
Muir, John	SN	1838-1914	American farmer, inventor, sheepherder, naturalist, explorer, writer, and conservationist
Nader, Ralph	EF / P	1934-	American author, consumer advocate, and political candidate
Oates, Joyce Carol	C	1938-	American fiction writer, educator, and critic
Olsen, Tillie	EF	1912-	Early American writer/spokeswoman on labor and feminist issues
O'Reilly, Bill	J   EF	1949-	Journalist, writer, talk-show host, and commentator: "No spin"
Orwell, George	EF	1903-1950	British author who satirized totalitarianism (Animal Farm and 1984)
Ozick, Cynthia	EF	1928-	New York-born daughter of Russian immigrants
Paine, Thomas	P	1736-1809	English born immigrant to colonial America (Common Sense)
Parkman, Francis	BH	1823-1893	American historian with an emphasis on the West
Peck, Jim	P		American nonviolent civil rights activist
Quammen, David	SN		Montana writer with a leaning towards nature
Reed, Ishmael	EF	1938-	One of today's pre-eminent African American literary figures
Remnick, David	J	1958-	Author and staff writer of The New Yorker--history, biography, pop-culture
Rich, Adrienne	EF	1929-	American poet and theorist with huge influence on the contemporary women's movement
Riis, Jacob	EF / P	1849-1914	American journalist, photographer, reformer, writer, and muckraker
Rodriguez, Richard	AD	1944-	Son of Mexican immigrants; author of Hunger of Memory
Roosevelt, Franklin D.	P	1882-1945	Politician, Democratic leader, New Deal and WWII president
Roosevelt, Theodore	P	1858-1919	Politician, veteran, reformer, and charismatic speaker
Russell, Sharman Apt	EF		Educator and author--Anatomy of a Rose
Sagan, Carl	SN	1934-1996	American astronomer, author, and popularizer of science and astronomy
Salinger, J.D.	EF	1919-	Beat author best known for The Catcher in the Rye
Sanders, Scott Russell	EF	1945-	American professor of English; author and essayist
Sanger, Margaret	P	1879-1966	Nurse, feminist and advocate for birth control education and access
Santayana, George	C	1863-1952	American philosopher and poet
Schlesinger, Arthur M.	BH		Major US historians (father and son)
Schlosser, Eric	J  EF		Award-winning journalist/correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly; Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness
Sinclair, Upton	EF / P	1878-1968	Muckraker, fiction writer, reformer, candidate
Sontag, Susan	C	1933-	American essayist on modern issues (e.g. AIDS)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady	P	1815-1902	American reformer, feminist, activist
Steele, Shelby	EF		Educator and author--race relations and multiculturalism
Steffens, Lincoln	J	1866-1936	American editor, author, muckraker, and contributor to McClure’s
Steinbeck, John	EF	1902-1968	American author of naturalistic works--The Grapes of Wrath
Steinem, Gloria	J / P / EF	1934-	American feminist, author, business woman
Stevens, Thaddeus	P	1792-1868	American politician: Federalist, Whig, and Republican; Radical Reconstruction leader
Stowe, Harriet Beecher	EF	1811-1896	Teacher, reformer, and author (Unlce Tom's Cabin)
Takaki, Ronald	BH		Japanese-American author
Tarbell, Ida	J / P	1857-1944	Muckraker; writer for McClure's
Theroux, Paul	J	1941-	American author and journalist
Thomas, Lewis	SN	1913-1993	Harvard M.D., author, poet, and essayist
Thoreau, Henry David	EF	1817-1862	American Transcendentalist, essayist, philosopher, writer, reformer
Trillin, Calvin	J	1940-	American humorist and journalist
Tuchman, Barbara	BH	1912-1989	American historian
Updike, John	EF	1932-	American author; usually focused on post WWII middle class themes
Vidal, Gore	P	1929-	American writer of history, historical fiction, plays, and essays
Vonnegut, Kurt (jr.)	EF	1922-	Journalist and veteran turned author; hamanist, socialist and satirist
Walker, Alice	EF	1944-	Daughter of sharecroppers; author of The Color Purple
Washington, Booker T.	P	1856-1915	African American educator, writer, reformer
Webster, Daniel	P	1782-1852	American statesman, lawyer, orator
Weiner, Jonathan	SN		Evolutionist and writer of science and nature
Welty, Eudora	EF	1909-2001	American fiction writer
West, Cornel	C	1953-	Author of American thought and philosophy--from Transcendentalists
Wheeler, Wayne	P	1869-1927	Lawyer and politician; radical advocate for the prohibition of alcohol
White, E. B.	EF	1899-1985	American writer for The New Yorker an for children (e.g. Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web)
Whitman, Walt	EF   SN	1819-1892	America's greatest poet? …also..humorist, naturalist
Will, George	P		Conservative journalist
Williams, Terry Tempest	EF		American environmentalist author
Wilson, Edmund	C	1895-1972	20th century social and literary critic
Wolfe, Tom	J	1931-	American author, journalist and student of American culture--wrote The Right Stuff
Woodward, Bob	J	1943-	Famous for reporting on Watergate scandal, CIA, and other political issues
Wright, Richard	AD	1908-1960	An early African American author who challenged the mistreatment of black Americans
X, Malcolm	AD	1925-1965	African American speaker, civil rights activist, Muslim
	AD (Autobiobraphers and Diarists)			BH (Biographers and History Writers)	J (Journalists)
	C (Critics)			EF (Essayists and Fiction Writers)	P (Political Writers)
	SN (Science and Nature Writers)