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Steven M. Nolt is professor of history at Goshen College and author of nine books, most of which focus on Amish and Mennonite history and culture. He is a frequent source for journalists and other researching Anabaptist groups. He was often quoted in the aftermath of the 2006 Amish school shooting at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. His co-authored book, Amish Grace, explores Amish forgiveness in the wake of the school shooting. South Bend Tribune: Predisposed to forgive

Nolt is currently working with Donald B. Kraybill and Karen Johnson-Weiner on a collaborative research project entitled "Amish Diversity and Identity: Transformations in 20th Century America," funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Education1990 B.A. Goshen College1994 M.A. Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary1996 M.A. University of Notre Dame1998 Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

BibliographyA History of the Amish, 1992, second ed., 2003. ISBN 156148072XAmish Micro-Enterprises: Models for Rural Development (with Stephen M. Smith, et al.), 1994Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (with Donald B. Kraybill), 1995, second ed., 2004. ISBN 0801878047Through Fire and Water: An Overview of Mennonite History (with Harry Loewen), 1996. ISBN 0836190157Foreigners in Their Own Land: Pennsylvania Germans in the Early Republic, 2002. ISBN 0271021993An Amish Patchwork: Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World (with Thomas J. Meyers), 2005. ISBN 0253217555Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities (with Thomas J. Meyers), 2007. ISBN 0801886058Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy (with Donald B. Kraybill and David L. Weaver-Zercher), 2007. ISBN 0787997617Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War (with James O. Lehman), 2007. ISBN 0801886724

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