Stephanie Liscio co-founded IPL in 2011 and authored the book. Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the Integration of the Indians, and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes (McFarland) in 2010. A Ph.D. student in history at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, Stephanie is also the president of the Cleveland chapter of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and is on the board of SABR’s Negro League research committee. She received her B.A. in history and English writing/journalism from the University of Pittsburgh in 2001 and an M.A. in applied history from Shippensburg University in 2007. A life-long, die-hard Indians fan, Stephanie lives in the Cleveland area with her husband John and shih tzu Torrey.