A webinar presented by the Papers of Andrew Jackson

Speaker: Professor Laura Ellyn Smith

Moderator: Dr. Michael Woods, Director, PAJ

Professor Laura Ellyn Smith is a presidential historian teaching American Race Relations and Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University and Richmond, The American International University in London. She gained her Ph.D. in History from the University of Mississippi and her thesis was entitled “Populism and Democratization in the Presidential Election of 1832.” She is currently pursuing a second doctorate analyzing modern presidential power at Oxford University. She has had six peer-reviewed journal articles published and enjoys writing op-eds for outlets, including The Washington Post. Her presentation is based on an article she published in the journal American Nineteenth Century History.