Baird Johnson wins Kennedy Thesis Prize

The Kennedy Thesis Prize is awarded annually to the single best thesis in each of the four areas of humanities and arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Recipients of this award have accomplished exceptionally advanced research in the field and have shown strong potential for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly works.

Baird V. Johnson, was selected as the recipient of this year’s Kennedy Prize in the Arts and Humanities for his thesis, "Perpetuating the Union: The Struggle for American Federalism." 

Baird was mentored by Jonathan Gienapp and Josiah Ober