Andrew Porwancher

Andrew Porwancher is a Professor of Legal History at Arizona State University. His scholarship on Wigmore helped form the basis of the exhibit "Research Revealed" at the Harvard Law Library. He is the author of three other books, including The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton (Princeton University Press, 2021), winner of the Journal of the American Revolution Book-of-the-Year Award. In 2023, his first book-- The Devil Himself: A Tale of Honor, Insanity, and the Birth of Modern America ...See more

Andrew Porwancher is a Professor of Legal History at Arizona State University. His scholarship on Wigmore helped form the basis of the exhibit "Research Revealed" at the Harvard Law Library. He is the author of three other books, including The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton (Princeton University Press, 2021), winner of the Journal of the American Revolution Book-of-the-Year Award. In 2023, his first book-- The Devil Himself: A Tale of Honor, Insanity, and the Birth of Modern America (Oxford University Press, 2016)--was adapted for the stage at Dublin's historic Smock Alley Theatre. Porwancher's writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He previously served as the May Fellow at Harvard, the Garwood Fellow at Princeton, and the Horne Fellow at Oxford. See less