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Ashton Ellett

Modern American Politics, Southern Culture and Politics, Conservatism, War and Society

Graduate Student
MA, UGA, 2010

Office: 104 LeConte
Office Hours: R 12:30-2:30
ellettag@uga.edu

I am an Americanist especially interested in the political, diplomatic, and social history of post-World War II and Cold War American society. My senior thesis examined the role of service clubs in the development of post-World War II suburban men and society.

Research and Teaching Interests

[African American]
[Political & Legal]
[U.S. 19th & 20th Century]
[U.S. South]
[War and Diplomacy]

MA Thesis

"Organizing the Right: Service Clubs, Conservatism, and the Origins of the Two-Party South in Cobb County, Georgia, 1942-1968," supervised by Dr. James C. Cobb (2010)

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School (2011)