Louise & Rudolf Fishel New Media Fellowship
Brandan Buck
Brandan is a 2nd year PhD student and digital history fellow at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. He previously completed his Master of Arts in History at George Mason University in 2016 and his Bachelor of Arts in History at the University of Denver in 2009. Brandan’s research interests are U.S. Cold War foreign policy, postwar conservatism, the national security state, and digital military history. His dissertation research is concerned with Cold War policy debates within the U.S. Congress and American conservatism. Upon completion of his PhD, Brandan intends to pursue an academic career.
For his dissertation, Brandan plans to explore conservative opposition to U.S. foreign policy from 1946 to 1996. The Fishel fellowship will allow him to continue the work he has done using the R programming language to analyze congressional voting records over that period.