ed berkowitz, Emeritus Professor of History at George Washington University is a former board member of the JPH. He has recently published Making Social Welfare Policy in America: Three Case Studies since 1950 with the University of Chicago Press. ber@gwu.edu

adam chamberlain is an associate professor of political science at Coastal Carolina University. His research is focused on political organizations, often from a historical perspective. Recent publications have appeared in journals such as Social Science Quarterly and Interest Groups & Advocacy. achamber@coastal.edu

simeon andonov simeonov is a PhD candidate in the History Department at Brown University. His research explores the history of extraterritoriality and its relationship to diasporas, empires, states, colonialism, and decolonization. My work historicizes the creation of the modern nation-state as a process shaped as much by “external” as by “internal” agents and institutions. Methodologically, I blend theorists of European state-building with Atlantic histories of slavery and abolition and U.S. approaches to “new” diplomatic history. simeonsimeonov86@gmail.com

john worsencroft is a visiting assistant professor of history at Louisiana Tech University. He holds a BA and MA in history from the University of Utah, and he received his PhD in American history from Temple University. johnw@latech.edu

alixandra b. yanus is an associate professor of political science at High Point University. She has recently published articles in PS: Political Science and Politics, Politics & Gender, and Social Science Quarterly. Her current research focuses on how political and institutional contexts affect the education and evolution of women. ayanus@highpoint.edu