Claremont McKenna College

Faculty Research Grants

In the summer of 1998, the Kravis Leadership Institute began awarding research grants to Claremont McKenna College faculty who were interested in research or curriculum development that investigated leadership, broadly defined. The grants awarded are listed below by academic year.

2006	Edward Haley, Ph.D., Department of Government “Interviews of the First Bush Administration"
2006	Nita Kumar, Ph.D., Department of History “Ladership in a Flat World”
2006	Frederick Lynch, Ph.D., Department of Government “The Great Boomer Bust: Leadership and Social Movement Potential”
2006	Alex Rajczi, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy/Religious Studies “Moral Progress, International Justice and Human Rights”
2005	Audrey Bilger, Ph.D., Department of Literature “Humor and Women Leaders: What Ann Richards Can Teach Hillary Rodham Clinton About Laughing Your Way to the Top”
2005	Gaston Espinosa, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies “Religion and the American Presidency”
2005	Robert O. Kirkland, Ph.D., Department of Military Science “Hispanic propensity to participate in ROTC leadership programs in the Southern California Inland Empire”
2005	Nicholas Warner, Ph.D., Department of Literature “Commanding Presences: Leaders and their Followers in the War Film”
2004	Diana Selig, Ph.D., Department of History "Pluralist Visions: Educators, Activists, and the Campaign for Tolerance"
2004	Gregory Hess, Ph.D., Department of Economics, CMC and Michelle Bligh, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, CGU "Alan Greenspan and Monetary Policy Leadership: Do His Actions Speak Louder Than His Words?"
2003	David Yoo, Ph.D., Department of History "City of Angels: A Case Study of Religious Leadership"
2002	Harvey Wichman, Ph.D., Department of Psychology International Workshop and Symposium on Managing Global-Scale Disasters
2001	Roderic Camp, Ph.D., Department of Government "Mexico's Mandarins: Crafting a Power Elite for the Twenty-first Century"
2000	William Brown, Ph.D., Department of Economics "Characteristics of Corporate Leaders and Their Relationship to Firm Performance"
1999	Ed Haley, Ph.D., Department of Government "Surprise! The Influence of Bias, Distraction, and Division on American Foreign Policy"
1999	David Yoo, Ph.D., Department of History "The Politics of Community and Ethnic Leadership"
1998	Meg Jacobs, Ph.D., Department of History "Leadership and the Business Community: Edward A Filene, Fordism, and the Forging of a New Consensus" (Course Development His 117)