Cynthia Stokes Brown

Cynthia Stokes Brown (1938-2017) taught world history and also trained teachers at Dominican University of California. She piloted the university's big history courses and initiated the big history program now required for all freshmen. She was the author of the first general interest book on big history, Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present. She was a founding member of the International Big History Association and associate editor of its journal.