Alexander Keyssar, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Matthew W. Stirling, Jr., Professor of History and Social Policy at Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“The widespread support for such [felon disenfranchisement] laws is noteworthy because, as recent legal analysts have pointed out, there has never been a particularly persuasive or coherent reason for disenfranchising felons and ex-felons.”
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, 2000
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Current, Matthew W. Stirling, Jr., Professor of History and Social Policy Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Former Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University
- Book The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States was awarded Best Book in U.S. History by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, 2000
- New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts, 1986
- Education:
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- PhD, Harvard University
- Other:
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- None found