Jill Lepore is an American historian and journalist who holds the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History position at Harvard University. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2005, where she contributes pieces on American history, law, literature, and politics. Born in West Boylston, Massachusetts in 1966, Lepore has established herself as a prominent voice in both academic and popular discourse about American subjects.