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 2006-2007 Class
Named Fellowships by School
Preface - Dr. Thomas M. Kirlin, Vice President for Operations and Chief Financial Officer, and Julie E. Manus, Coordinator of the Presidential Fellows Program
Section 1 - The Bully Pulpit
The Precedential Value of the Lincoln Model: Examining Presidential Response to Grave National Security Crises - Evan T. Bieber, Tulane UniversityA Finger in Every Pie: FDR's Mastery of Alternative Channels of Information Gathering - Lorraine A. Riley, Georgetown University
The Cemented Path Towards Escalation: How Johnson was Powerless to Change Course in South Vietnam - Andrew J. Rima, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Presidential Power - Nicole L. Aaronson, Yale University
Section 2 - Executive Power
The American Presidency and the Birth of Party Government in the United States - Jeffrey S. Selinger, Cornell UniversityFulfilling a Policy Agenda: Presidential Influences on the Federal Rulemaking Process, 1993-2006 - James W. Harlow, Johns Hopkins University
Sarbanes-Oxley and Presidential Signing Statements: A Study in Executive Power - Brian Karfunkel, University of Chicago
Partisanship and Policymaking in the Modern Presidency - William R. Andrichik, Jr., The University of Notre Dame
Section 3 - The President and the Judiciary
The Power to Extinguish: Reconsidering Judicial Deference to Executive Claims Settlements - Alisha C. Holland, Princeton UniversityReaching out to a World Wide Web: The Influence of Blogs in the Alito Confirmation Debate - Taylor M. Ansley, Davidson College
Judicial Reform and the Presidency: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Through George W. Bush - Andrew C. Buher, Rider University
Section 4 - Challenges Abroad
Warrior Queens - Stephen I. Richer, Tulane UniversityRethinking Iran: the Limits of Military Power -David Elliot, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Individual Leadership, Relationships among Leaders and their Contributory Roles -Ryan M. Scofield, College of William and Mary
The Survival of Liberty: Locally Run Democracy Promotion as a Universal Value - Jeffrey A. Love, Stanford University
Executive Intervention in the Global HIV/AIDS Crisis: Assessing the Adequacy of President Bush's "Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" - Sarah K. Horn, United States Naval Academy
Section 5 - Presidential Personality and Rhetoric
The President in Nomination Acceptance Speeches - Nicholas J. Huizenga, Washington University in St. LouisPresident Johnson and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War: How Personal Beliefs and Relationships Affect Foreign Relations - Jamie A. Edwards, Carnegie Mellon University
George W. Bush: A Personally Invested (& Politically Shrewd) Statue of Liberty - Patrick J. Morrell, The University of the South
Can A President Convince Us Without Logic? President George W. Bush's Many "Personal Accounts" - Jeremy N. Babener, Haverford College
Section 6 - Additional Fellows Papers for 2006-2007
Gender Politics and U.S. Cultural Lag: A Comparative Analysis of Executive Female Leadership - Jessica S. Azar, United States Coast Guard Academy
A Crisis in Education: Local Problems, Global Solutions, and Development in the United States - Veyom Bahl, University of Pennsylvania
Political Blogs and Presidential Politics - Jeremy J. Beales, George Mason University
Agrarian Appeal in Presidential Politics: A Case Study of Jimmy Carter's 1976 Campaign - Joshua Benesh, Rollins College
From the Carter to the Bush Doctrine: An In-Depth Analysis of U.S. Middle Eastern Policy - Darrell J. Bennett, Jr., Morehouse College
Unitary Executive Theory: Constitutional Mandate or Fascist Threat? - Dwayne J. Bensing, University of Arkansas
Climate Change and Presidential Policy: A Millennial Debate Begins to Unfold - Dominic M. Berardi, University of Cincinnati
Cubans: Anomaly or Pioneers? An Analysis of Assimilation and Political Incorporation into the American Political Mainstream and the Measurement of Political Influence in the United States - Lara M. Bueso, Rollins College
Bush and Siniora: Exposing Obstacles to U.S. Support for Middle Eastern Democracies Concurrent with Traditional American Foreign Policy - Leland B. Burns, United States Naval Academy
Multilateralism in International Conflict: Recipe for Success or Failure? - Audrey M. Calkins, Wake Forest University
Defining a Path to Greatness in the Modern Presidency - W. Smoot Carter, Louisiana State University
Until Death Do Us Part: The Role of the First Lady in Their Husbands' Leadership Potential - Mia E. Casey, Hofstra University
The Acknowledged Yet Evaded Obligation: American Intervention in Acts of Genocide - Caitlin C. Conley, United States Military Academy
Presidential Political Philosophy at War: A Case Study of the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Elena Cross, The Pennsylvania State University
Alliance for Progress: Wrong Place, Wrong Time - Tito Escobar, Rice University
The Historical Roots of Presidential Signing Statements - Harrison Gates, Washington and Lee University
Civil Religion: Finding Middle Ground in Religion's Influence on Government - Stefan D. Hafner, United States Air Force Academy
Presidential Power on the International Stage - Matthew J. Halferty, Norwich University
Lyndon B. Johnson's Power Prospects Strategy: The Case of the War on Poverty - Janine Heiser, Oberlin College
The Broad Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement: How Political Exclusion Affects Felons, Non-Felons, and the Nation - Ginger Jackson-Gleich, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
The Ordering of Military Tribunals by President George W. Bush Consistent with Precedent or Departure from the Past? - Irene Jefferson, Barnard College
The Presidential Power of Persuasion, Perception, and Popularity: An Examination of President Bush's Decision to Invade Iraq - Haamid Johnson, Georgetown University
Beyond Civility and Tolerance: The Administration's Vital Role in Forging American Unity through Respectful Engagement with the Opposition - Dara Kaye, Smith College
The Emergence of Woodrow Wilson's Anti-Trust Policy - Sina Kian, University of Virginia
FDR and the New Deal: Expanding Presidential Power - Stacey L. Kirkland, North Georgia College and State University
Where Personality Meets Policy: William Jefferson Clinton and the Passing of Welfare Reform - Jonathan D. Kuhr, Long Island University
Fearing Terror: The Effects of the Political Climate on George W. Bush's Use of Fear Rhetoric - Daniel R. Labrecque, University of Connecticut
How Eisenhower's Policy on Dien Bien Phu Reflected His Leadership - John Lathers, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
Liberty and Congressional Wartime Checks Over the President: An Argument Based on Locke's and Montesquieu's Separation of Powers Doctrine - Sara B. Mantin, Bryn Mawr College
Iran's Nuclear Program: The Bush Administration and its Policy Samantha McClellan, Catholic University of America Driving Voters Apart: Can a Wedge Issue Be Used to Win an Election? - Lucas McGowan, Columbia University
L. Paul Bremer, III: Managing the Iraq Reconstruction Effort - Peter D. McManmon, Williams College
The 21st Century "New Deal": Training and Employing U.S. Citizens to Improve the Quality of Life - Elan V. Mitchell, Spelman College
Presidential Use of Force in Defense of Key Shipping Chokepoints: The Suez, the Gulf, and the Future - John E. Mundale, United States Coast Guard Academy
At Least it will be Said that We Tried: The Fall of Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam and the Future of Presidential Politics in War - William C. Nordlund, Jr., United States Military Academy
Presidential Communications Strategies and the Rise of Soft News: News Coverage of the 2003 Iraq War - Ashley J. Nutter, Duke University
Multiple Roles for a Unified Continent: Negotiating NAFTA - Bimal Patel, Harvard University
Advertising an Agenda? Examining the Consistency between Campaign Issue Emphasis and Presidential Issue Priorities, 1980-2001 - Christopher S. Randolph, Jr., Vanderbilt University
After the White House: Constructing an Edifice for the Unfinished Presidency - Christine E. Reeves, Emory University
The Brief Life of the Short Tether: Lyndon Johnson, Gamal Abdel Nasser and the End of Food Aid to Egypt - David S. Rubenstein, Northwestern University
Predicting a Leader: Psychological Analysis of Two Modern Presidents - Jeffrey Schneider, University of Southern California
Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy: Two Presidents and Two Perspectives - Kerney Scott, United States Military Academy
Executive Cooperation: The Anglo-American Special Relationship - Caitlin M. Sharp, Southern Methodist University
Public Opinion Polling and Presidential Responsiveness: Effects on Policymaking and Democracy - Louis T. Shernisky, Gannon University
"Governance by Sound Bite": The White House Briefing, Television, and the Modern Presidency - Adam L. Shpeen, Dartmouth College
The Presidential Veto: A Strategic Asset - Nicole L. Slezak, University of California - Los Angeles
"Contracting Out" the Presidency: New Challenges in Executive Branch Management - Alexander T. Stanton, Middlebury College
A Continuation of the Ordinary German: Presidential Response to the Rwandan Genocide - Whitney N. Terrill, Hampton University
The United States and India: Redeeming a Relationship - Andrew E. Timpner, Virginia Military Institute
A Re-evaluation of Clinton's Nonproliferation Policy toward India and Pakistan 1993-1998 - Zachary A. Townsend, Brown University
The Civil War in Sierra Leone: Misguided Conventional Diplomacy and the Clinton Administration - Charles P. Van Someren, Institute of World Politics
The Strategic Importance of Africa Command - Michael A. Varner, Howard University
Americans' Perception of the President - Martha R. Vater, Mount Holyoke College
Closing the Civil-Military Gap - Michael A. Wetherbee, United States Air Force Academy
Party and Ideological Polarization in the American Electorate: An Exploration of the Role Played by Party Attachments and Ideology in Predicting the Presidential Vote Choice - Eric M. Wilk, University at Buffalo
Rural Governors - Urban Presidents: Carter and Clinton's Quest for a National Urban Policy - Omar T. Woodard, The George Washington University
Engaging Hizballah: The United States' Strategic Imperative in Lebanon - Ali S. Wyne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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