Rachel Guberman
Ph.D. Candidate
guberman@sas.upenn.edu
Education
BA (distinction & highest honors), University of Michigan 2004
MA, University of Pennsylvania 2010
Research Interests
Metropolitan History; U.S. Politics & Political Culture; History of Social Movements; Race & Inequality; Environmental History
Exam Fields
United States Urban Studies
American History from European Contact to Present
History of Social Movements & the State
ADVISOR
Proposed DIssertation
"The Real Silent Majority: The New Metropolitan Politics in the Rocky Mountain West"
Personal Statement
My work focuses on the realignment of American politics after the 1960s. I argue that the conventional narrative of liberal decline and conservative ascendance is insufficient to explain politics in this period. Instead, I suggest an alternative framework, grounded in metropolitan areas and organized around ideas such as "quality of life." As a former NPR producer, I am also very interested in digital and oral history, incorporating these approaches into my teaching and research
