Vincent P. De Santis is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught for many years. After receiving his Ph.D. From Johns Hopkins University as a student of C. Vann Woodward, Professor De Santis went on to specialize in United States history since 1865, particularly in politics, foreign affairs, the Presidency, and the American Peace Movement. The author or co-author of a number of books, including Republicans Face the Southern Question, The Democratic Experience, and A History of United State Foreign Policy, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fulbright Professor to Italy, Australia, and India and has received various awards and fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, the Huntington Library, and the Schlesinger Library.

An active member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Southern Historical Association, and the Society of American Historians, Professor De Santis currently divides his time between Notre Dame, Indiana, and Victoria, British Columbia.