2022-2023 Fellows Review

For over 50 years, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress has nurtured leadership skills in civic-minded students from across the country and around the world, instilling in them a commitment to civil discourse and public service. As our country faces contemporary political divisions, the Center remains committed to our goal of imparting strong leadership qualities to the next generation, with the aim of fostering a more resilient democracy and a brighter collective future.          

Throughout their year-long Fellowship journey, our students learn about the inner-working of the U.S. government and build connections with like-minded peers, subject-matter experts, and public officials through virtual convenings and a week-long policy conference in Washington, D.C. The cornerstone of the program is an independent research project on a topic of importance to the presidency or Congress. In the pages that follow, we are proud to showcase twenty-two exceptional research papers produced by the 2022-2023 Fellows class. Of that group, I am delighted to highlight 5 Fellows who were honored earlier this year for outstanding achievement:

Eric Jackson (University of Toronto) was awarded the David M. Abshire Award for Outstanding Paper by an International Fellow for his paper entitled, “The Influence of U.S. Foreign Policy Rhetoric on the Limitation and Proliferation of Domestic Terrorism.”

Kaylen Shetler (Angelo State University) was awarded the Robert A. Kilmarx Award for Best Military, Intelligence, or National Security Strategic Analysis for her paper entitled, “Defining Weapons of Mass Destruction in a New Age of Cyberwarfare.”

Taylor L. Winters (U.S. Coast Guard Academy) was awarded the Donald B. Marron Award for Best Historical Analysis for her paper entitled, “The Study of Congressional and Presidential Policy Responses in the Maritime Calamities of the Santa Barbara, Exxon Valdez, and Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.”

Emily Morgan (Sewanee) was awarded the Richard H. Solomon Award for Most Original Paper on Foreign Policy or Diplomacy for her paper entitled, “A New Marshall Plan: How will the United States Help Rebuild Ukraine?”

Dylan Stage (University of Minnesota) was awarded the James R. Moffett Award for Most Original Paper on the Modern Presidency or Congress for his paper entitled, “Worth the Investment? Analyzing the Effect of EB-5 Visa Investors on U.S. Regional Economic Growth.”

We are proud of the excellent research undertaken by these students, and we congratulate all of the members of the 2022-2023 class on their successful completion of the Presidential Fellows Program.

The Center is grateful to the Fellowship sponsors as well as our partner colleges and universities for their generous and indispensable support of the program.

Finally, I would like to extend a special note of appreciation to the Center's 2023 summer interns, Cara Arnoldi, Elise Mizerak, and Ryan Bender for their editorial work on this year’s Fellows Review. Their contributions have been invaluable to the program and this publication.

Glenn C. Nye III
President & CEO