AWC Post-Doctoral Program
Investment in Emerging Scholars
Annually, each AWC Leadership Institution funds a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Post-Doctoral Fellows are expected to conduct research and engage with students, either through teaching or leading discussion seminars. In the short run, these fellows enhance the diversity of course offerings across campuses. In the long run, their participation in the Consortium will better place them for success and expand the Consortium's network as they build careers at other institutions.
Andrew Gibson
University of Florida
Andrew Gibson is an America and the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. His research focuses on the history of political and international thought, with particular interest in the realist, republican, and “reason of state” traditions. His book manuscript, The Atlantic Machiavellians, explores how twentieth-century historians and…
Blaze Joel
University of Texas - Austin
Blaze Joel is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas – Austin’s Clements Center for National Security. He graduated with a PhD in History from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on nationalism, memory, violence, and identity in twentieth-century Europe. His dissertation, titled “The Last Berlin Walls…
Timothy Jones
Duke University
Timothy Jones is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University’s Program in American Grand Strategy. He was previously a Defense Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School. His work seeks to bridge academic inquiry and operational experience to produce scholarship that informs U.S. foreign policy and addresses real-world national security challenges. His current research examines the…
Rebeca C. Leffler
University of Florida
Rebeca C. Leffler is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Claremont Graduate University with subfields in political philosophy and American politics. Her research lies at the intersection of political philosophy, history,…
Sowon Park
Duke University
Sowon Park is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University. Her research focuses on international security, U.S. foreign policy, legislative behavior, public opinion, and political psychology. In her dissertation, titled “Beyond the Party Line: Ideological Heterogeneity in Foreign Policy Preferences,” she investigates the ideological nature of foreign policy preferences among legislators and the…
Christian Ruth
University of Florida
Christian Ruth is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education. His research examines the history of American foreign relations and international diplomacy, emphasizing the ways ideas and beliefs intersect with global economic development and North-South relations. His first book project, One-Third Rich and Two-Thirds Hungry:…
Doron Feldman
University of Texas
Doron Feldman is a postdoctoral fellow in the America in the World Consortium at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his PhD at the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University, under the supervision of Prof. Azar Gat. His dissertation focused…