2018 History of American Democracy Graduate Student Fellows

Catherine Baylin Duryea

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, HISTORY

PROJECT TITLE: "'The crumbs of judicial relief'? Judicial Review of Price Control During Wartime"

Cameron DeHart

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE

PROJECT TITLE: "The Elite Origins of Local Elective Offices in the United States"

Johnnie Lotesta

BROWN UNIVERSITY, SOCIOLOGY

PROJECT TITLE: "Rightward in the Rustbelt: How Business took Over the GOP and Ousted Organized Labor, 1971-2012"

Elliot Mamet

DUKE UNIVERSITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE

PROJECT TITLE: "Representation on the Periphery: How Non-Voting Members of Congress Exercise Legislative Power"

Michael Olson

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, GOVERNMENT

PROJECT TITLE: "Party Competition and Legislative Conflict: Legislative Dimensionality in the American South, 1880-1930"

Charles Petersen

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AMERICAN STUDIES

PROJECT TITLE: "Meritocracy in America, 1940-2000"

Vivien Rendleman

DUKE UNIVERSITY, HISTORY

PROJECT TITLE: "Passing Marks: Determining Insiders from Outsiders in Confederate Richmond"

Jaime Sánchez, Jr.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, HISTORY

PROJECT TITLE: "Constructing Legitimacy: The Democratic National Committee, George McGovern, and the Rhetoric of Reform, 1968-1972"

Mo Torres

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SOCIOLOGY

PROJECT TITLE: "Justifying Takeover: Race, Class, and the 'Emergency Management' of Michigan Cities"