Hello!

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Duke University and a Pre-Doctoral fellow with the America in the World Consortium (AWC). My research explores the connections between domestic politics and international relations, with a focus on U.S. foreign policy.  My dissertation examines how Congress engages with and shapes the American public on foreign affairs.      

Some of my academic work is published or accepted at the Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Presidential Studies Quarterly and the Journal of Cold War Studies, and my policy commentary and reports can be found in Small Wars Journal, Lawfare, and various Brookings Institution outlets.  I also was the Graduate Fellow in Duke's program in American Grand Strategy ('21-23), an International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON) Junior Scholar ('22-'23), and am currently a Graduate Fellow with the Triangle Institute for Security Studies ('22-).

Before starting graduate school, I was a research analyst at the Brookings Institution, and the head coach of the varsity girls rowing team at the Jackson-Reed Public High School.  I hold a B.A. in government from Dartmouth College. 

Feel free to reach out at andrew [dot] kenealy [at] duke [dot] edu.  I also (very rarely!) tweet @KenealyAM.