Donna M. DeBlasio is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Applied History at Youngstown State University. A native of Youngstown, she received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Youngstown State University and her PhD from Kent State University. She is the author or coauthor of several Arcadia publications, including Youngstown: Postcards from the Steel City, Youngstown State University: From YoCo to YSU (with Martha I. Pallante), and Images of America: Amherst (with Martha I. Pallante).