The Researchers
The Constitutional Convention Research Group would like to thank its many previous research assistants, who worked on earlier grants. Graduate research assistance was provided by Bill Abrams, Brian Pitts, Justin Moeller, Michael O'Keefe, and Robi Ragan. Research assistance from participants in the SURP include Mercedes Ball, Carletta Boyd, Meghane Gainey, and Claudine Smith.
Current Researchers: Please contact us with comments, suggestions, or questions.
Current Researchers: Please contact us with comments, suggestions, or questions.
Keith Dougherty is Director of the Constitutional Convention Research Group at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on institutional design including formal properties of voting rules, assembly sizes, and quorum requirements as well as historical studies of the Articles of Confederation and constitutional formation in the United States.
Jac Heckelman co-directs the Constitutional Convention Research Group. He is the Reinsch/Pierce Faculty Fellow and Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on the political economy of institutions, often with applications to economic history.
Paul Carlsen has a Masters of Public Policy and is a first year PhD student at the University of Georgia in the Department of Political Science. He is majoring in American Government and minoring in Political Theory. His research interest centers around examining motivations of legislatures. Paul can be reached via email at carlsenp@uga.edu
Brandon W. Kliewer is a first year Ph.D student at the University of Georgia in the Department of Political Science. His research interests center around the role higher education has in promoting and developing democratic values. Brandon can be reached via email at bkliewer@uga.edu
George Cone recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Political Science major and minors in English and Music. He currently works at the Social Security Administration as a disability ajudicator. George can be reached at gc3024@gmail.com
Rocky Cole is a junior double majoring in International Affairs and Economics. His academic interests include analytic methodology, international security, arms control, and nuclear nonproliferation. He hopes to pursue a career in both public service and academia. Rocky can be reached at rtaylorcole@gmail.com
Rachel Columb is an undergraduate Honors student at the University of Georgia in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She is majoring in Jewelry/Metalwork and minoring in English. She can be reached at cixel@uga.edu
Yao Kang is an Honors undergraduate at the University of Georgia. He majors in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and can be reached at yao@uga.edu
Monica Petrescu is an undergraduate at Wake Forest University. She is pursuing majors in Economics and Political Science and a minor in History. Her interests include migration and Eastern European development. She can be reached at petrm6@wfu.edu