Ethan Gonzales
Field & Specialties
Early American Political History
American State & Society
Diplomatic Information Networks
Atlantic World
Education
B.A., History with Departmental Honors, Oakland University (2020) summa cum laude
Senior Thesis: "'The General Sentiments of Your Fellow-Citizens': American Neutrality, Citizen Genet, and the Mutability of Public Opinion"
Biography
Ethan is a second-year doctoral student interested in eighteenth-century U.S. politics, diplomacy, informaton networks, and the growth of the American state. He is originally from southeast Michigan and served in the US Army as a Sergeant before pursuing an academic career. His advisors are Dr. S. Max Edelson and Dr. Christa Dierksheide.
Current Research
He is currently investigating President Washington and Secretary of State Jefferson's use of the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse. During the 1790s, the U.S. government faciliated the growth of the Fund and the overseas diplomatic service. Through such diplomats, the U.S. established trustworthy information nodes and networks -- and projected early American state power -- in the Atlantic world.
Internet and Popular Press Publications
Gonzales, Ethan. "Thomas Jefferson: American Bibliophile." Oakland University, September 2019. https://library.oakland.edu/collections/special/exhibits/Jefferson/index....