He is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of History & American Studies emeritus at Stanford University.
[6] Upon his return to the United States, Wineburg transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a degree in the history of religion.
Wineburg argues that while historians critically analyze documents and examine the motives of authors, American students of history are relegated to the task of "searching for facts."
[4] Wineburg defines heuristics as "sense-making activities [that] help their user resolve contradictions, see patterns and make distinctions among different types of evidence.
[11] In 2023, Wineburg and Mike Caulfield released their book Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions About What to Believe Online.