Lessing
Title:
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Office:
Pick Hall 517
Phone:
(773) 702-3404
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My work involves exploring the role of violence in American politics, and to do so, I look into the archives. In July of 2013, with the support of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, I went to Louisiana to investigate the organizational roots and practices of a mostly forgotten vigilante group active during Reconstruction known as the White League.