The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream (PDF)

Robert C. Hauhart, PhD, JD, is a professor in the Department of Society and Social Justice at Saint Martin's University, Lacey, WA (USA). He is the author or co-editor of seven books and numerous published papers in sociology, literature, and education journals. In sociology, Professor Hauhart is a recognized scholar of the American Dream. His most recent books include The Lonely Quest: Constructing the Self in the Twenty-First Century United States (Routledge 2018) and Seeking the American Dream: A Sociological Inquiry (Palgrave Macmillan 2016), nominated for the Pacific Sociological Association's Distinguished Scholarship Award in 2017. In 2019 Professor Hauhart was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and research the American dream at the Postgraduate School and Research Centre of the Slovenian Institute of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana. In literature, Professor Hauhart is a student of twentieth-century American literature and, in particular, American dream themes in American literature. He is the co-editor, with Jeff Birkenstein, of four volumes: American Writers in Exile (Salem Press 2015); Social Justice in American Literature (Salem Press 2017); European Writers in Exile (Lexington Books 2018); and Connections and Influence in the Russian and American Short Story (Lexington Books2021). In education, Professor Hauhart is the co-author, with Jon Grahe, Pacific Lutheran University, of Designing and Teaching the Undergraduate Capstone Course (Jossey-Bass/Wiley 2015).

Mitja Sardoc (PhD) is senior research associate at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia), where he is a member of the Educational Research program. His research interests and expertise include philosophy of education, political philosophy, and education policy. He is the author of scholarly articles and the editor of a number of journal special issues on citizenship education, multiculturalism, toleration, equality of opportunity,