BARBARA A. PERRY
Director
Carter Glass Professor of Government
Barbara Perry was the 1994-95 Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where she won the Tom C. Clark Award. She serves as a consultant to the Supreme Court Historical Society’s Summer Institute for Teachers. Perry is the author of numerous books and articles on the Supreme Court, including The Priestly Tribe: The Supreme Court’s Image in the American Mind, and co-author of Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States. She currently is examining the impact of traditional and new media on civil rights and liberties. Perry received her B.A. from the University of Louisville, M.A. from Oxford University, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
STEPHEN G. BRAGAW
Associate Director
Stephen Bragaw was a Fellow at the Institute for Constitutional Studies in the summer of 1999, where he conducted research on his forthcoming book The Court of the Conqueror: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the American Indian Nations. He has held research fellowships from the DuPont Foundation, the Kenmore Fund, and the Mednick Fund of the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges. Bragaw has presented papers on law and society issues at national and international conferences, as well as being a frequent commentator on public affairs radio. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University, his M.B.A. from Rensselaer, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
THOMAS BRISTER
Coordinator
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs
Thomas Brister has taught classes in international relations and comparative politics at Sweet Briar College, the University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Randolph-Macon College, and James Madison University. As the 1996 University of Virginia Dumas Mallone Fellow he conducted field research in India examining the impact of globalization on that traditional developing society. His current research interests include a continued study of globalization with a particular focus on religion and politics. He received his B.A. from Georgetown University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.