David A. Gerber is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus and Senior Fellow in History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), where he continues to teach a seminar on the First Amendment. As an historian of the United States, he has had a longtime interest in American immigration law and policy, the experience of European immigration to the United States, and American ethnic identities.  His published work includes American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction (2011), a CNN “Book of the Week” in June 2018, which will be brought out in an updated edition in 2021. In recent years, he has also written on disability and on the First Amendment, subjects brought together Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (2020), coauthored with Bruce Dierenfield. Active in public history projects, he serves on the History Advisory Committee of the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation. dagerber.com