Participant Info
- First Name
- Marsha
- Last Name
- Barrett
- Country
- United States
- State
- IL Illinois
- meb@illinois.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Website URL
- https://history.illinois.edu/directory/profile/meb
- Keywords
- Political History, Policy History, African American History, Racial Politics
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
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- About Me
I am an assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research explores modern U.S. political history, public policy, political culture, and racial politics. My book Nelson Rockefeller’s Dilemma: The Fight to Save Moderate Republicanism is scheduled for publication in August 2024 from the Three Hills imprint of Cornell University Press. The book, which is available for pre-order, examines moderate Republicanism by tracing the four-term governor of New York’s struggle to remain a viable national candidate as the GOP embraced racial conservatism during the modern civil rights era.
PhD, History, Rutgers University, BA, History, Yale University
- Recent Publications
“Defining Rockefeller Republicanism: Promise and Peril at the Edge of the Liberal Consensus, 1958-1975,” Journal of Policy History, 34:3, (2022), 336-370.
“‘Millionaires are More Democratic Now’: Nelson Rockefeller and the Politics of Wealth in New York,” New York History, 102:1 (2021), 52-81.
“‘Both Parties Hedging’: Reassessing Party Loyalty Among Black New York Voters, 1952-1961,” Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 40:2 (2019), 7-51.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @MarshaEBarrett
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Government, Politics, Race
