AWC Postdoctoral Program
Investment in Emerging Scholars
At the AWC, our postdoctoral fellows are provided a competitive salary at one of our member institutions while they work to better prepare themselves for the job market. For many, this means editing their dissertation into a book project, submitting academic papers to journals for consideration, and working on new and exciting projects. Our postdoctoral fellows are able to engrain themselves in their institution's academic life, engaging with students, faculty, and guest speakers alike.
Andrew Gibson
University of Florida
Andrew Gibson is an America in 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…
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,…
Brian Leung
University of Texas - Austin
Brian Leung is an America in the World Consortium postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Clements Center for National Security. His research examines the political economy of industrial policy, business influence on foreign policymaking, and geoeconomic competition, with a focus on U.S.–China relations. His current book project explains the unraveling of the…
Tomer Nisimov
University of Texas - Austin
Tomer Nisimov is a postdoctoral fellow with the America in the World Consortium at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in history from Princeton University, where he studied under Stephen Kotkin. His research examines the political, military, and ethnopolitical history of twentieth-century Eurasia, with…
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…
Doron Feldman
University of Texas - Austin
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…