Stephanie Lawton
Field & Specialties
United States 19th Century
Greek and Roman Classics in American Politics and Political Culture
Education
M.A./ Ph.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Early American History, expected May 2019
Master’s essay: “Substance or Window-Dressing?: Classical Conceptions of Patriotic Citizenship in the Eulogies of George Washington and Andrew Jackson”
Advisor: Dr. Gary Gallagher
B.A. University of California Los Angeles History, June 2013
Summa Cum Laude with College Honors and Highest Departmental Honors
Honors Thesis: The Tribunes of the Plebs and the True Struggle of the Orders, 494-287 B
Advisor: Dr. John Langdon
A.A. Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, California
Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts and Music, May 2011, High Honors
Biography
Professional Affiliations:
American Historical Association
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Publications
Lawton, Stephanie. “Winston Churchill: The Demise of an Imperial Diehard.” Quaestio, The Undergraduate History Journal. UCLA Theta Upsilon Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta. Vol. 7. (2012-2013).
American Seminar, University of Virginia
Awards & Honors
McWilliams Award Honorable Mention, UCLA Department of History, for “The Tribunes of the Plebs and the True Struggle of the Orders in the Roman Republic, 494-287 BC,”(2013), Departmental Honors Thesis.
June 2013: UCLA College Honors
2011-2013: Dean’s Honors List, UCLA
2008-2011: Dean’s Special Honors List, Allan Hancock College