Hello!

As of July 2025, I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University's Watson School of International and Public Affairs.  I received a PhD from the Department of Political Science at Duke University in June 2025.  I study the domestic sources and consequences of foreign relations, focused on U.S. security policy.   

My book-style dissertation characterizes and explains congressional expression and public opinion on foreign relations from 1945 to 2022.  A paper derived from the project co-won the 2025 best graduate student paper award from APSA's Foreign Policy section.  Some of my other academic work is published in 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 Lawfare, Small Wars Journal, and various Brookings Institution outlets.  

I have been a Predoctoral Fellow with the America in the World Consortium ('23-'24), 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 a Graduate Fellow with the Triangle Institute for Security Studies ('22-'25).

Before 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_kenealy@brown.edu.  I also (very rarely) tweet @KenealyAM.