Geoffrey Field taught at Purchase College, State University of New York, and Columbia University. His publications focus on German and British history, European racism, and labor history. He is a former Chair of the New York Council for the Humanities and a former senior editor of International Labor and Working-Class History. His book, Evangelist of Race: The Germanic Vision of Houston Stewart Chamberlain won the
Anisfield-Wolf Prize (1982) for the best non-fiction book about race and race relations in any discipline. His book, Blood Sweat and Toil: Remaking the British Working Class 1939-1945 (OUP, 2011) was awarded the AHA's Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book on British, British Imperial, and Commonwealth History in
2012.