Note -- The papers of the Center's Presidential Fellows program represent an individual Fellow's research. The papers do not represent the Center's positions, thoughts, or work.
Frontice
Foreword - Dr. David M. Abshire, President
Mentors of the 2011-2012 Fellows
Named Presidential Fellowships
Preface- Andrew Steele, Incoming Director of the Fellows Program, and Parry VanLandingham, Outgoing Director of the Fellows Program
Part 1 – Philosophies of Political Leadership
“‘The Constitution of Nature and the Course of Providence:’ John Adams’s Discourses on Davila”
Jonathan A. Green - Northwestern University
“Change, Continuity, and the Evolution of the Federal Minimum Wage, 1937-2010”
Jonathan Mathew Robinson - The George Washington University
“Leadership on the Deficit”
Alan He - Colgate University
“The Bush Administration and U.S.-Georgia Relations: A Case Study in Neoconservative Foreign Policy?”
Joshua D. Post - The United States Military Academy
Part 2 – A Congress Divided
I. Congress at Work
“Fighting to Own the House: Reevaluating Competition in Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives”
Joseph G. Amoroso - The United States Military Academy
“Congress, Not Ronald Reagan, As The Great Communicator: The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986”
Alex P. Ferraro - Gettysburg College
“The Disability Rights Legislative Schema: A Federal-Level Interest Group Perspective”
Mary A. Kroeger - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Motivations, Mission, and Relationships of the Early Congressional Space Caucus, 1981-1983”
Jacqueline A. Cortese - Carnegie Mellon University
I. Congress: Cause for Concern
“Is the 112th Congress the Worst Congress Ever? Evaluating the Contemporary Consequences of Divided Government”
Rosanna B. Kim - Swarthmore College
“Dodd-Frank and the Politics of Implementation”
Daniel J. Richardson - James Madison University
“Failure in Government Services: An Assessment of the Inability to Reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration Legislation”
John Patrick O’Har - Georgia Institute of Technology
Part 3 - Presidential Leadership
I. Domestic Issues and Presidential Action
“The Politics of Compassion: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Faith-Based Initiative”
Jesse M. Crosson - Hofstra University
“Running for Change: Small Donations and Presidential Elections”
Alexander B. K. Fullman - University of Southern California
“Presidential Drug War(s): Obama’s Drug Policies in Context”
Carson Whitelemons - Smith College
II. Nuclear Policy and Regulation
“Nuclear Power Reconsidered: Carter’s Nonproliferation Strategy, 1977-81”
Harrison W. Monsky - Yale University
“Peace, Please: U.S. Approaches to Nuclear 123 Agreements in a Changing Middle East”
Torey L. McMurdo - University of California, Los Angeles
III. International Threats
“The Geoeconomic role of CFIUS in U.S.-Sino Relations”
David C. Hoyt – Stanford University
“Unilateral Presidential Powers and the NATO Campaign in Libya”
Mary Grace Pellegrini - University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy
“A ‘3D’ Approach to Security and Development in Nigeria”
Steven D. Roth - United States Coast Guard Academy
“Only Obama Could Go To Afghanistan: How Ike and Obama Used Their Political Reputations to Their Advantage”
Gabriel Royal - The United States Military Academy
Additional Papers of the 2011-2012 Presidential Fellows
Papers for Fellows A-O, alphabatized by last name.
Papers for Fellows P-Z, alphabatized by last name.
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