David Head is associate lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida and Distinguished Faculty Fellow in History at Kentucky Wesleyan College. An award winning historian, Dr. Head has published five books, including Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic; The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates; and A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution, which was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. Most recently, he is the co-editor of A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation. Dr. Head grew up in Western New York and received his B.A. from Niagara University and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo.