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Research Biography
Don DeBats is Professor and Head of American Studies. His research interests cover contemporary and past US politics; he is a frequent commentator on current US politics and has written extensively on US political history. His research appointments include the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Humanities Center of the United States, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities at the University of Virginia. He has been a Visiting Professor at the College of William and Mary in the United States. His degrees are from Michigan State University (Mathematics) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, History) and PhD (major field: American History; minor field; Political Science). His current research, supported by the Australian Research Council, combine the contemporary interest in "the social logic of politics" with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) methodologies to the study of past political engagement, using unique individual level political records from 19thcentury America.
Research Interests
- US Politics; US Political History; Politics and Society of the United States; US Foreign Policy; US Public Policy; US Elections
- Canadian Politics; Canadian Politics and Society
- Comparative Australian-Canadian-US Politics and Political History
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities project entitled "Unlocking the Social Logic of Past Politics" http://sociallogic.iath.virginia.edu/
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Southern Voting in Postbellum America: An Archives Tale
DeBats, D., Griggs, C. & John, S., 2020, Mid-Atlantic Archivist, 49, 4, p. 6-9 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The Societal Impact of Rapid Technological Change: The Centrality of the Social Sciences
DeBats, D., Kelton, M. & Bienvenue, E., 2020, Bedford Park, S.A.: Flinders University. 48 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Born in Ambiguity: The Historical Context of the U.S.-Australian Alliance
DeBats, D., 23 Dec 2019, National Bureau of Asian Research .Research output: Other contribution
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First Vote
DeBats, D., John, S., Tompkins, M. & Cartwright, C., 2019, Charlottesville, VA : The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.Research output: Other contribution
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Introduction: Spacial History, history, and GIS
DeBats, D., Gregory, I. & Lafreniere, D., 2018, The Routledge Companion to Spatial History. Gregory, I., DeBats, D. & Lafreniere, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Fifteenth Amendment, a Failure? Some New Evidence
Don DeBats (Speaker)
4 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Witnessing the Dawn of Black Voting, Part 2. Cross-Racial Electoral Politics: A Delicate Balance, August 1, 1870
Don DeBats (Speaker)
27 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Arrival of Black Voting: A Political Revolution, April 25, 1870
Don DeBats (Speaker)
24 Apr 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Two Weeks Before or 150 Years Later: The 15th Amendment
Don DeBats (Speaker)
Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk