Postdoctoral Fellows
The postdoctoral fellowship program, directed by Professor Margaret Levi of the US Studies Centre and the University of Washington, brings to Sydney a cohort of the world's emerging scholarly leaders working on the United States in the humanities, social sciences and related professional disciplines.
Fellows complete a major research project as well as engage with students and scholars in Sydney and around Australia during the fellowship period.
The US Studies Centre invites applications for its 2010-2011 class of Postdoctoral Fellows. For information on how to apply please visit the positions vacant page. Applications close 27 February 2010.
The Centre received nearly 180 fellowship applications for its inaugural 2009 - 2010 class, and awarded six Fellowships for a 12-month period:
- Jason Casellas
No Latino Left Behind: The Development of Latino Education Policy, 1968 - Mark W. Geiger
Financial Innovation and the Chicago Board of Trade - Willie Gin
Transforming Exclusivist Identities in the USA, Australia and Canada - Sabino Kornrich
Consumerism and Inequality in the 1980s and 90s: the Role of Emulation, Bidding and Lifestyle - Jeremy Pressman
The United States & Arab-Israeli Relations: Force, Diplomacy & Interests - Rebecca Sheehan
American Redemption: Sex, Rock, and Religion, 1968-1983
Dr Jason Casellas
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 9168
Jason Casellas is Assistant Professor of Government and Associate Director of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.A. in political science from Loyola Un… more
Dr Mark Geiger
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 9073
http://usyd.academia.edu/MarkGeiger
Mark W. Geiger received his B.A. from Carleton College and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Before starting graduate study in history at the University … more
Willie Gin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 9167
Willie Gin will receive his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also a fellow in the Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism Program. He is primarily int… more
Sabino Kornrich
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 9121
Sabino Kornrich received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington. His dissertation research examined household outsourcing - spending on services which replace household labour - and … more
Dr Jeremy Pressman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 9036 9166
Jeremy Pressman is an Associate Professor of political science at the University of Connecticut (United States). He is author of Warring Friends: Alliance Restraint in International Politics (Cornell … more
Rebecca Sheehan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +61 2 9036 9208
Rebecca Sheehan will receive her PhD in United States history from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She received her MA in history from USC, and a BA from the University of New Sout… more
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