14 Facts About Elizabeth Cobbs

Elizabeth Cobbs is an American historian, commentator and author of nine books including three novels, a history textbook and five non-fiction works.

Elizabeth Cobbs writes on the subjects of feminism and human rights, and the history of US foreign relations.

Elizabeth Cobbs is known for advancing the controversial theory that the United States is not an empire, challenging a common scholarly assumption.

Elizabeth Cobbs is credited as a screenwriter on the film adaptation of her book American Umpire, as a producer on the film adaptation of her book The Hello Girls, and as a screenwriter and producer of the public television documentary CyberWork and the American Dream: The History and Future of Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Elizabeth Cobbs was born on July 28,1956 in Gardena, California.

Elizabeth Cobbs taught nine years at the University of San Diego, becoming chair of the History Department, and then accepted the Dwight E Stanford Chair in American Foreign Relations at San Diego State University.

Elizabeth Cobbs has been a Fulbright scholar in Ireland and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DCand a Senior Fellow of Stanford's Hoover Institution.

Elizabeth Cobbs served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2008.

Elizabeth Cobbs served two terms on the Historical Advisory Committee of the US State Department from 1999 to 2006, advising on transparency in government and the declassification of top secret documents and transparency in government.

Elizabeth Cobbs started her writing career at the age of 15 as a community organizer and publications coordinator for the Center for Women's Studies and Services in Southern California.

Elizabeth Cobbs received the international John D Rockefeller Youth Award in 1979, at the age of 23 for her services to humanity.

Elizabeth Cobbs wrote and co-produced the PBS documentary American Umpire which is based on her book of the same name.

Elizabeth Cobbs has received two literary prizes for American History and two for fiction.

Elizabeth Cobbs is the recipient of Director's Mention for the 2009 Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction, the 2009 San Diego Book Award for Broken Promise: A Novel of the Civil War Best Historical Fiction, the 1993 Stuart L Bernath Book Prize, SHAFR, for the best first book on the history of US foreign relations.