Note -- The papers of the Center's Presidential Fellows program represent an individual Fellow's research. The papers have not been edited by the Center and do not represent the Center's positions, thoughts, or work.
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Foreword - Dr. David M. Abshire, PresidentMentors of the 2007-2008 Class
Named Fellowships by School
Preface - Shirley Anne Warshaw, Ph.D., Gettysburg College Mentor to the Presidential Fellows Program
Section 1 - Analyzing Foreign Policy
Power, Politics, and Identity: President Carter and the Forging of the Camp David Accords - Sara E. Del Nido, Dartmouth CollegeRealism and Ideology: U.S.-China Relations in the Reagan Administration, 1981-1985 - Tyler Carl Jost, United States Military Academy
One Hundred Days of Violence: An Examination of Inaction in Presidential Foreign Policy - Darby C. Driscoll, United States Naval Academy
Clinton, Congress, and Kosovo: A Look at Presidential War Power - Stephen T. Miller, University of Notre Dame
From Patriot to Lapel Pin: The Evocation of Patriotism in George Washington's Farewell Address and the Modern Presidency - Michael D. Breidenbach, Northwestern University
Section 2 - Elections and Transitions
The Rules That Shape the Election - Jason R. Bello, Columbia UniversityPoetry and Prose: The Dichotomy of Presidential Campaign Rhetoric and Leadership Agendas- Thomas Moyer, College of William and Mary
The President's Vertical Power of Persuasion: George W. Bush in the Gubernatorial Elections of 2006 - Andrew Glubzinski, United States Military Academy
U.S.-China Policy: Campaign Rhetoric vs. Presidential Action - Clayton W. Skinner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Section 3 - Domestic Challenges
Pink Slips, Prosecutors and Politics: The Politicization of the Bush Administration's Department of Justice - Matthew J. Barragan, University of California, Los AngelesThe Peace Corps and the Politics of National Service - David H. Korn, Princeton University
New Times, New Ideas: How the Modern Think Tank has Changed Presidential Relations with Policy Intellectuals - Daniel S. Fichtler, Colgate University
From Fraud to Responsibility: A Discourse Analysis of the Speeches of Two Presidents in Their Quest to Implement Welfare Reform - Jennesa N. Calvo-Friedman, Swarthmore College
The Secret World of Compassionate Conservatism: Faith Based Initiatives in the Bush Administration - Rachel L. Burg, Gettysburg College
Section 4 - Executive Power in the Modern Presidency
A Democratic Legacy: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal - Katherine A. Fourmy, University of ArkansasPresidential Persuasion and Power: Lessons from the Johnson Administration and Parallels to the Bush Administration - Leigh R. Phillips, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Blurring Separation of Powers: The Role of Constitutional Interpretation - Jonathan S. Gould, Harvard University
Cloaking Torture with a Signing Statement: George W. Bush and the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 - Hrishikesh N. Hari, Rice University
Unitary Executive Theory, Signing Statements, and the Expansion of Presidential War Powers Under President George W. Bush - Andrew K. Mehdizadeh, Washington College
Classifying the American Vice Presidency: To Which Branch Does the Office Belong? - Blaise G. Patzkowski, University of California, Berkeley
Section 5 - Additional Fellows Papers for 2007-2008
A Warm Bucket of Spit: Personality and the Vice Presidency - James C. Alexander, Vanderbilt University
En-route to Containment: Domestic Roots of American Foreign Policy, 1945-1947 - Todd D. Baty, Southern Methodist University
Presidents and the Health Care Promise - Charles M. Boyle, Johns Hopkins University
Executive Secrecy: George W. Bush and Beyond - Nancy L. Brittain, The Colorado College
Why the United States Should Promote Democracy in Latin America - Ashley Brown, Carnegie Mellon University
The President as Prime Minister: George W. Bush and Congress, 2001-2007 - Drew Cannon, George Mason University
The Independence of the Federal Reserve: Is It Essential? - Christina N. Chavez, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Concentric Electorates: Relationships between Municipal, Midterm, and Presidential Voters - Dustin G. Cho, Yale University
The Lure of Simplicity - Mackenzie S.P. Colella, Virginia Military Institute
Illegal Detentions: How Roosevelt and Bush Expanded Presidential Power - Emma L. Cox, Haverford College
The War Within: Presidential Versus Congressional Supremacy in War Powers - Royal Gene Cravens, Sewanee, The University of the South
Securing the Agricultural Sector: An Investigation of the Potential Economic Impact of an Agro-Terrorist Attack - Avery C. Daugherty, James Madison University
John F. Kennedy: A Country Divided by Color - Vincent E. DePaolo, Long Island University
The Road to the White House: Trends in the American Electorate and the Challenges it Presents to Wining the Presidential Election - Sara Dorchak, Long Island University
Coverage of the Iraq War and President George W. Bush on Local Television News: Does Presidential Approval Matter? - Kyle A. Dropp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Hard Power: 9/11's Legacy for American National Security Policy - Matthew C. Forman, United States Naval Academy
The Alternative Minimum Tax: Wealth Tax or Middle Class Burden? - Nicholas M. Furtwengler, University of Cincinnati
The Process of Nominating a Presidential Candidate: The Democratic Candidates and the Theory and Practice of Deliberation in the United States Caucusing System - Brenda Nicole Galvan, Barnard College of Columbia University
The Temporal Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine - Sean C. Gemerek, State University of New York at Buffalo
Iowa Caucus 2008: Reselling Retail Politics - Hollie Russon Gilman, University of Chicago
Re-election Repositioning: Presidents Clinton and Truman and their Republican Congresses - James H. Glenn III, Cornell University
Corporate Leadership in a Public President: George H.W. Bush - Jonathon E. Glueck, Texas A&M University
The Politics of Poverty: The Legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson - Sara M. Goldstein, Smith College
Why Do People Vote? The Case for Political Efficacy - Joshua K. Harder, Stanford University
A Majority of One: Presidential Leadership Through Executive Orders - Patrick S. Harrington, Georgetown University
The Bush Doctrine: Take It or Leave It? - Sarah S. Harvey, University of Virginia
Is the United States Commander in Chief also Chief Financial Officer? Characterizing the President's Role in Generating and Sustaining Economic Policy - Arnita Hayden, Howard University
The Effect of Media Coverage on the Level of Presidential SupportGiven to Supreme Court Nominees - Scott Howard, University of Connecticut
The Expansion of Presidential Power since 2000: The Return of the Plebiscitary Presidency - Jason W. Isgrigg, North Georgia College and State University
A New Direction: Anti-Terrorism Court - Matthew T. Krueger, United States Coast Guard Academy
The U.S.-Saudi Alliance: A Necessary Shift toward Peace - Joseph A. Lazazzero, Wake Forest University
Negotiating Public and Private Roles in Presidential Crisis Speeches - Samuel A.A. Levine, Washington University in St. Louis
Climate Change and the Presidency - Adam C. Lovell, Middlebury College
Presidential Decision Making and the Role of Intelligence: Pre-war Planning for Iraq - Jennifer J. Matystik, Mount Holyoke College
Media Frames in September 11 Coverage: Therapeutic or Inflammatory? A Case Study of Four American Newspapers from September 12, 2001-September 19, 2001 - Gillian R. McHale, The George Washington University
Exclusive Discretion: Presidential Purposes for Issuing Pardons - Stephen P. Miller, Jr., Rollins College
Thomas Jefferson and the Precedents of Presidential Decision Making - Amanda S. Molyneux, United States Military Academy
Presidential Power and the Constitution Challenging the Court's Authority: A Missed Opportunity or a Use of Presidential Prerogatives? - Brittany R. Nagel, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
The White Glove Pulpit? The Changing Role of the Modern First Lady - Christine M. Orawsky, The Catholic University of America
The Quiet Option: Presidential Use of Covert Operations in American History - Micah R. Redfield, United States Air Force Academy
Visionary Achievement: Science and Government in Synergy - Michael J. Reynolds, Williams College
Reevaluating the Oil Problem: Synthetic Fuels and the Next President - Joseph Sahid, University of Pennsylvania
The Evolution of U.S. Policies Against Terrorism - Eliot E. Schmidt, The Pennsylvania State University
"We Shall Not Surrender": Kennedy, the Berlin Crisis, and the Effective Use of the Rhetorical Presidency - Jessica A. Schoenherr, Michigan State University
Message Control: Presidential Manipulation of the Mass Media - Karuna Seshasai, University of Michigan
His Eyes are Watching You: Domestic Surveillance, Civil Liberties and Executive Power during Times of National Crisis - Matthew L. Small, United States Air Force Academy
Burying the Big Stick - Stefan A. Smith, Brown University
Would You become a Devil to Catch Satan? - Brooks A. Sommer, Institute of World Politics
"Are We Going to Abilene?" The War in Iraq: Unreliable Intelligence Leads to Questionable Leadership - Natalie K. Stake, Gannon University
The Vietnam that Should Have Been - Richard J. Stirling, Tulane University
George Bush: Executive Power During an Unprecedented War - Maja Szumarska, Hofstra University
Presidential Campaigns: Agenda for the Presidency or Rhetoric for the People? - Jerry P. Tsai, University of Cincinnati
George W. Bush and Executive Privilege: Balancing Power Between the Energetic Executive and an Inquisitive Congress - Alexandra E. Utsey, Washington and Lee University
The Domestic Roots of Reagan's Global Gag Rule: A Case Study in Global Health Diplomacy - Sarah K. Wallace, Duke University
Reagan and the Montreal Protocol: Environmentalism at its Unlikely Finest - Jessica L. Whittemore, University of Southern California
Richard Nixon: Befriending the Red Dragon, China - Nathan A. Wiegand, Norwich University
The Administrative Presidency: Influencing Environmental Policy in the United States, 1970-2008 - Lauren Woodall, Davidson College
Advice and Consent upon Questions of Law - David W. Zukowski, United States Coast Guard Academy
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