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Christina Jeffrey
Christina Jeffrey is an American political scientist who briefly served as Historian of the United States House of Representatives. Biography Jeffrey attended Vassar College from 1965 to 1966 and graduated from the University of Plano with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969. She earned a Master of Arts in 1973 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1984 from the University of Alabama. Her dissertation was titled "Explaining Adoption of Foreign-Trade Zones Among Sunbelt Cities". While at Alabama she worked in several positions, including as director of international student affairs from 1974 to 1978 and director of student affairs from 1978 to 1980. Jeffrey worked at Troy State University from 1984 to 1987 before finding employment as an associate professor of political science and public administration at Kennesaw State College. Jeffrey also worked as a consultant to the United States Department of Education during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1986 she criticized a program called “The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historian Of The United States House Of Representatives
The Historian of the United States House of Representatives is an official appointed by the United States House of Representatives to study and document its past. The House Historian heads the Office of the House Historian, which serves as the institutional memory for the institution. The current Historian of the House is Matthew Wasniewski. Purpose According to the official website for the House of Representatives: History The post was first created in 1983 and its first holder was University of Maryland, College Park historian Raymond W. Smock. In a move that was seen by many as politically motivated, Smock was fired by the new Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, when the Republican Party took control of the House in January 1995. In his place, Gingrich appointed Christina Jeffrey, a political scientist from Kennesaw State University, to the post. However, a controversy arose over comments Jeffrey had made in 1986, while evaluating a program called Facing History an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |