Education
Ph.D – Harvard University 1989
M.A. – Harvard University 1984
B.A. - Harvard University 1981

Interests and Research
Richard R. John is a historian of communications who specializes in the political economy of communications in the United States. His publications include many essays, two edited books, and two monographs: "Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse" (1995);  and "Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications" (2010).