Graeme Mack is a teacher, writer, and historian based in Richmond, Virginia. At present, Dr. Mack serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the University of Richmond where he teaches courses on the American presidency, early America, U.S. foreign relations, and the coming of the Civil War. As the 2025-2026 UR Democracy Initiative Fellow, he also leads Forging a New Nation, an initiative dedicated to encouraging discussion of the Declaration of Independence among University of Richmond students, faculty, and staff through different formats and platforms, which also marks the Declaration’s 250th anniversary. As a historian, his work tends to focus on American maritime trade, foreign diplomacy, and westward expansion in the Pacific during the first half of the 19th century. His research has been supported by institutions such as the Huntington Library, the Jefferson Library (Monticello), the Harvard Business School, and the University of California, as well as organizations like the American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR), the Western Historical Association (WHA), the Omohundro Institute (OIEAHC), and the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS).

Originally from Canada, Dr. Mack studied history and literature, earning his B.A. at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, M.A. at McGill in Montreal, and Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Mack’s writing has appeared in in Every Day Fiction, BULL, Suddenly, And Without Warning, Bright Flash Literary Review, BigCityLit, Please See Me, Literary Garage, Blydyn Square Review, Northwestern Indiana Literary Journal, the Washington Post, Bunk History, The Conversation, and H-Net. He is also a reader for Flash Fiction Magazine. Originally from Canada, Mack studied history and literature, earning his B.A. at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, M.A. at McGill in Montreal, and Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. Before beginning college, he played guitar in a band and toured for several years across North America. He also worked as a librarian at various colleges in the Canadian West and French-speaking Canada.