Evan Laine

MA, American History, Rutgers University (2007) 
Rutgers Law School (1981) 
State University of New York at Albany (1978)

• Book: Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus. From his early work as a lawyer on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to his days as Philadelphia’s district attorney to his thirty-year career as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter found himself consistently in the middle of major historical events. During his five terms as senator, Specter met with the likes of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and made significant contributions during the fallout of both the Iran-Contra scandal and the Clinton impeachment. His work had a profound influence on the configuration of the United States Supreme Court, the criminal justice system, LGBTQ rights, and stem cell research. Photographs from Specter’s personal collection highlight many of these key moments, revealing the rich narrative not only of one man’s political career, but how it helped shape a nation. While it will probably be long debated whether Specter’s complex and controversial political legacy merits mainly praise or criticism, Arlen Specter sheds new light on the life of a man who fought to make a difference.  This book was published  by University of Pittsburg Press April  2021
• Co-Author with Raju Parakkal, National Security, Personal Insecurity, and Political Conspiracies: The Persistence of Americans' Beliefs in 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, IUP Journal of International Relations, Vol. 11, No. 3: July 2017
• Co- Guest Editor’s Introduction—Symposium: Capitalism, Antitrust, and Democracy: Perfect Partners or Strange Bedfellows? In The Antitrust Bulletin, 61 (2)
• Book: Nixon and the Dragon Lady: In 1968, Did Richard Nixon Conspire with Anna Chennault to Destroy Peace in Vietnam? This book is an extension of my award winning American History Master’s Thesis I prepared as a student at Rutgers University.  The book analyzes whether Richard Nixon purposely sabotaged a realistic opportunity for peace in Vietnam during the fall of 1968 to facilitate his election as President of the United States.  This book was published 9/15 by Common Ground Publishing
• Malpractice – Lessening the Risk.  Pennsylvania Dental Journal - March/April 2014 edition 
• Co-creator and co-writer of the Arlen Specter Ctr. for Public Policy’s SINGLE BULLET exhibition museum script, program and guidebook. This museum exhibition is an analysis Sen. Specter's single bullet theory, which he reached while a member of the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of Pres. Kennedy. After a long run at its primary location at the Gutman Library, the Exhibition was requested and shown by the Battleship New Jersey American History Museum