Profile Background
D. Elwood Dunn is the Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Sewanee: University of the South. Retired in 2012 after 31 years at Sewanee, Elwood is the author of numerous books and articles. Among his books are Liberia and the United States During the Cold War: The Limits of Reciprocity (2009); a three-volume compilation of The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia, 1848 to 2010 (2011); coauthor of the Historical Dictionary of Liberia (2001); a two-volume A History of the Episcopal Church of Liberia (1992, 2020); and his personal memoirs titled A Liberian Life... (2022).
Dunn served the government of Liberia in the 1970s as an assistant minister of foreign affairs, a deputy minister of state for presidential affairs, and minister of state for presidential affairs. He is currently a freelance consultant on Liberian and African affairs.
The Historical Society of Liberia is honored to have D. Elwood Dunn, Ph.D. on its leadership board, contributing to the academic rigor and preservation efforts of our nation's history.