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Ross E. Dunn is an American historian[1] and writer, the author of several books includingThe Adventures of Ibn Battuta,[2] and coauthor of the highly cited[3]History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past.[1][4] He isProfessor Emeritus atSan Diego State University.[5]
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta is based on the travels of the famous 14th-century Muslim adventurerIbn Battuta. He traveled fromMorocco inWest Africa to China; however, the book mostly focuses on his travels between his hometown in Morocco toMecca inSaudi Arabia. The book was first published in 1986 and reissued in 2005[6] byUniversity of California Press.
Dunn did his graduate studies in the program inWorld History at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving his Ph.D. in 1970. He was president of the World History Association in 1984.[7] Dunn is currently the Co-Director for World History, working closely with theNational Center for History in the Schools.
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