Education

M.A. History, University of Virginia, 2022
B.A. International Relations, French, and German (summa cum laude), Connecticut College, 2018

Biography

Justin Winokur is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Virginia and an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. His dissertation, "Relentless Struggle: The American National Security State, 1945-1963," analyzes how American state-builders after World War II worked to create a political, institutional, economic, ideological, and cultural system that could sustain a powerful global military indefinitely. At UVA he has been the Norman Graebner Fellow in Diplomatic History, a National Security Fellow at the National Security Policy Center, a Governing America in a Global Era fellow, and an Albert Gallatin Graduate Research fellow. He has also been a fellow of the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College and a Research Affiliate of the Applied History Project at Harvard Kennedy School. From 2018 to 2020 Justin was a research assistant to Professor Graham Allison and the Applied History Project coordinator at Harvard Kennedy School. He holds an MA in History from the University of Virginia and a BA in International Relations (summa cum laude) from Connecticut College. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs.

Publications

"The Cold War Trap," Foreign Affairs, July 13, 2023

“Disordered by Design: Democratic Capitalism and the Warfare State, 1954-1961” (MA Thesis, University of Virginia, 2022)

Awards and Honors

Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (2025-26)

Norman Graebner Fellow in History, University of Virginia (2023-24)

Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellow, The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College (2023-24)

Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellow, University of Virginia (2023-24)

Fellow, Governing America in a Global Era (GAGE), University of Virginia (2022-23)

National Security Fellow, National Security Policy Center, University of Virginia (2022-23)

Courses Taught

HIST 2214: The Cold War, 1945-1991 (Professor William Hitchcock, Fall 2021)

HIUS 3853: From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US (Professor Andrew Kahrl, Fall 2023)