Miller Center National Fellowship Conference: Spring 2012
The University of Virginia's Miller Center will host the 2012 Miller Center National Fellowship Conference on Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11 in Charlottesville, Va.
The Miller Center Spring Fellowship Conference is open to the public. Below, we have included links to the fellows' papers they will present and on which their mentors will comment. There is no need to RSVP.
Download the full agenda or read about the Miller Center National Fellowship.
International States in Transition: The Dynamics of Authoritarianism and Militant Insurgencies
Fellow: Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Harvard University
Mentor: Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University
Fellow: Aila Matanock, Stanford University
Mentor: Susan Hyde, Yale University
Moderator: Marc Selverstone, University of Virginia

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Jacob Shapiro

Aila Matanock

Susan Hyde

Marc Selverstone
Interest Groups, State Formation and American Politics
Fellow: Emily Charnock, University of Virginia
Mentor: Elisabeth Clemens, University of Chicago
Fellow: Jack Epstein, Ohio University
Mentor: Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Moderator: Charles McCurdy, University of Virginia

Emily Charnock

Elisabeth Clemens

Jack Epstein

Daniel Ernst

Charles McCurdy
Defining and Contesting Power in the International System
Fellow: Michael Beckley, Columbia University
Mentor: Robert Ross, Boston College
Comment: Jeffrey Legro, University of Virginia
Fellow: Victor Nemchenok, University of Virginia
Mentor: Erez Manela, Harvard University
Moderator: Will Hitchcock, University of Virginia

Michael Beckley

Robert Ross

Jeffrey Legro

Victor Nemchenok

Erez Manela

Will Hitchcock
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman Manuscript Review: American Umpire: The United States and the International Order Since 1776
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, San Diego State University
Robert Kagan, Brookings Institution
Erez Manela, Harvard University
Michael Mastanduno, Dartmouth College
Moderator: Melvyn Leffler, University of Virginia

Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

Robert Kagan

Erez Manela

Michael Mastanduno

Melvyn Leffler
State Capacity, Regulation, and Expertise in American Political Development
Fellow: Robert Henderson, University of Maryland
Mentor: Matthew Lassiter, University of Michigan
Fellow: Andrew Kelly, Northwestern University
Mentor: Gerald Berk, University of Oregon
Fellow: Rachel Moran, Penn State University
Mentor: Margot Canaday, Princeton University
Moderator: Brian Balogh, University of Virginia

Robert Henderson

Matthew Lassiter

Andrew Kelly

Gerald Berk

Rachel Moran

Margot Canaday

Brian Balogh