Jefferson National Fellowship Spring Conference May 10-11, 2018 The highlight of the National Fellowship is the annual spring conference that brings together Fellows and their “dream mentors” for two days of dialogue and commentary built around the Fellows’ dissertation presentations For the first time this year, the conference was held at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation in Foundation Hall The conference drew not only the Fellows and mentors, but also U.Va faculty from the Departments of History and Political Science, as well as the Curry School of Education Julia Bowes Julia Bowes is a Ph.D candidate in 19th and 20th century U.S history at Rutgers University Bowe’s dissertation is titled, “Invading the Home: The Child, the Rise of the Liberal State and the Gendered Origins of Modern Conservatism, 1852-1933.” Julia will be assistant professor of history at Hong Kong University beginning in the fall of 2018 Michael Willrich, Professor of History at Brandeis University, served as Bowe’s dream mentor Michael Benjamin de Groot Michael de Groot is a Ph.D candidate in international history at the University of Virginia De Groot’s dissertation is titled, “Disruption: Economic Globalization and the End of the Cold War Order in the 1970s.” In the fall, Michael will be a postdoctoral fellow with Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania Daniel Sargent, Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, served as de Groot’s dream mentor Catherine Baylin Duryea Catherine Baylin Duryea is a Ph.D candidate in history at Stanford University Catherine is the recipient of the Charles W McCurdy Fellowship in Legal History Her dissertation is titled, “Human Rights in the Arab World: International Law in 20th Century Advocacy.” While at UVA, she also worked on projects on Afghan constitutional history and judicial review in the United States during World War II Her current research interests include comparative constitutional law, human rights movements, and American administrative legal history Daniel Ernst, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, served as Catherine’s dream mentor Erik Moss Erlandson Erik Erlandson is a Ph.D candidate in 20th century U.S history at the University of Virginia Erik’s dissertation is titled, “Confronting Leviathan: The Struggle to Control the Administrative State in Twentieth-Century America.” Erik Erlandson is a Ph.D candidate in history and lecturer on the “History of Modern American Law” at the University of Virginia Reuel Schiller, Professor of Law at University of California, Hastings College of Law, served as Erlandson’s dream mentor Lauren Foley Lauren Foley is a Ph.D candidate in political science at Johns Hopkins University Foley’s dissertation is titled, “Limiting Legal Impact: Universities, Affirmative Action, and the Politics of Policymaking.” Lauren will join the faculty at Western Michigan University in the fall of 2018 as an assistant professor of political science Rogers Smith, Christoper H Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, served as Lauren’s dream mentor Jessica Ann Levy Jessica Ann Levy is a Ph.D candidate in history at Johns Hopkins University Levy is the recipient of the Jefferson Scholars/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellowship in Business and Politics She recently successfully defended her dissertation “From Black Power to Black Empowerment: American Business and the Return of Racial Uplift in the United States and Africa, 1964-1994.” In September 2018, Levy will join the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate Bethany Moreton, Professor of History at Dartmouth College, served as Levy’s dream mentor Evan Taparata Evan Taparata earned his doctorate in history from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in May 2018 Evan’s dissertation is titled, “No Asylum for Mankind: The Creation of Refugee Law and Policy in the United States, 1776-1951.” In Fall 2018, Evan will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, served as Evan’s dream mentor Danielle Lee Wiggins Danielle Wiggins is a Ph.D candidate in history at Emory University Danielle’s dissertation is titled, “Crime Capital: Economic Development, Public Safety, and the Origins of Post-Civil Rights Politics in Atlanta.” After graduating from Emory in May 2018, Wiggins will take a post doc year funded by California Institute of Technology In the fall of 2019, Danielle will join the CalTech faculty as an assistant professor of U.S history Elizabeth Hinton, Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University, served as Wiggins’ dream mentor ... in May 2018 Evan’s dissertation is titled, “No Asylum for Mankind: The Creation of Refugee Law and Policy in the United States, 1776-1951.” In Fall 2018, Evan will begin a postdoctoral fellowship. .. Business and the Return of Racial Uplift in the United States and Africa, 1964-1994.” In September 2018, Levy will join the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University as a Postdoctoral... Hopkins University Levy is the recipient of the Jefferson Scholars/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellowship in Business and Politics She recently successfully defended her dissertation “From Black