Johnnie Anne Lotesta has successfully defended her dissertation, "Rightward in the Rustbelt: How Conservatives Remade the GOP, 1947-2012."

Her committee members were Nitsan Chorev (co-chair), Josh Pacewicz (co-chair), Jose Itzigsohn, and Cedrick de Leon of UMass-Amherst.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lotesta!