Double Major in History (GPA 3.76) and Political Science (GPA 3.84), Overall GPA 3.82
Departmental honors in History and PoliSci, as well as Nat'l Catholic honors society (I go to Catholic SLAC)
Received a $3,500 grant to do summer research in political history, paper is now under review at a small e-journal
Glowing LORs from fairly well known profs in their fields
The only research I've done in that area was historical-I looked at the suppression of anarchists following McKinley's assassination. In that case I focused mostly on state and congressional responses. Ideally I would like to look at voter behavior and the effects of such events on elections.
Subfield: American politics
Research Interests: Campaigns/Elections (Presidential more than Congressional, but they're all fun); Media and Politics; Political responses to traumatic events