Sedgewick, Augustine: - Augustine Sedgewick earned his doctorate at Harvard University and teaches History and American studies at the City University of New York. His research on the global history of work, food, and capitalism has won fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Jackman Humanities Institute of the University of Toronto, and the Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics at Harvard. Originally from Maine, he lives in New York City.