Peter.Roady@utah.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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About

Peter Roady is a historian of the 20^th and 21^st century United States with interests that cut across disciplines and historical subfields. His research focuses on the history of the American national security state and its impact on the United States and the world. At the University of Utah, he offers courses on U.S. foreign relations, intelligence, and military history, as well as U.S. political and economic history. Before attending history graduate school, he served for five years in national security and foreign policy positions in the U.S. government, focusing on South Asia and cyber issues. He remains committed to public service and welcomes opportunities to help students launch government careers. 

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Education

• BA, History, Davidson College
• MPP, International Security and Political Economy, Harvard University
• PhD, History, Columbia University

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Research Focus

National security, intelligence, foreign relations, politics, economics, science and technology.

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Key Publications

 Books:

(2024) The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics. Harvard                              University Press.

Articles:

(2023) “Selling Selective Anti-Statism: The Conservative Persuasion Campaign and the Transformation of American Politics since the 1920s,”Modern                         American History 6, no. 1 (March 2023): 21-43.

(2022) “Seven Questions on Intelligence History,”Passport: The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Review 52, no. 3 (January 2022): 30-                    35 (with Richard Immerman, Sarah-Jane Corke, Kathryn Olmsted, and Hugh Wilford).

(2020) “The Ford Administration, the National Security Agency, and the ‘Year of Intelligence’: Constructing a New Legal Framework for Intelligence,”                           Journal of Policy History 32, no. 3 (July 2020): 325-359.

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Teaching

HIST 1700: American History
HIST 3750: Recent America
HIST 3910: Covert Action and US Foreign Policy

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Awards

University of Utah SCI-HUM Research Initiative (2022-2024)

Bobby R. Inman Award (Second Prize) (2019)               

Carnegie Corporation/Columbia SIPA Research Grant (2015)

Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence (2013)                                           

Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service (2012)

Department of Defense Special Act Award (2010)