Lindsay M. Chervinsky
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Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky is the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. She is a historian of the presidency, political culture, and U.S. government institutions.
Career[edit]
Chervinsky was a historian at the White House Historical Association and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, and the Kundrun Open Rank Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies[1]. Her work has received fellowship funding from numerous organizations, including the Library of Congress, the Society of the Cincinnati, the International Center for Jefferson Studies, and the National Library for the Study of George Washington. Chervinsky was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History. She is currently the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.
Authorship and Research[edit]
Chervinsky is the author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution[2], which was published by Belknap / Harvard University Press in April 2020. The Wall Street Journal says of her writing, “[Chervinsky] argues persuasively that focusing on its development helps us understand pivotal moments in the 1790s and the creation of an independent, effective executive.”[3]
The Cabinet was awarded the 2021 NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution[4], was a Finalist for the 2020 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award[5], and Co-Winner of the 2019 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize.[6]
Chervinsky’s second book was an edited volume with co-editor Matthew R. Costello, entitled Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture published by University of Virginia Press in 2023. Her third book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2024.
Chervinsky has written dozens of opinion pieces and scholarly articles.
Personal Life[edit]
Chervinsky was born in California. She received her B.A. in history and political science, graduating with honors from George Washington University. She later obtained her masters (2014) and Ph.D. (2017) from the University of California, Davis.
Publications[edit]
Books:
The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, Belknap / Harvard University Press. Hardcover, 2020.[2]
Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Matthew R. Costello: Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture, University of Virginia Press. Hardcover, 2023.[7]
Audiobooks:
“The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History” Great Courses published by Audible. 2021.[8]
Articles and Essays:
“Interpreting Article II, Section 2: George Washington and the President's Powers,” Law and History Review. 2019.[9]
“Having been a member of the first administration under Genl. Washington”: Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Development of the President’s Cabinet,” Journal of the Early Republic. 2020.[10]
“The Historical Presidency: George Washington and the First Presidential Cabinet,” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 2017.[11]
Awards[edit]
- 2021 NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution
- Finalist for the 2020 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award
- Co-Winner, 2019 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize
References[edit]
- ↑ "Current and Previous Fritz and Claudine Kundrun Open-Rank Fellowship Recipients". monticello.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Cabinet". hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "'The Cabinet' Review: Advise and Dissent". wsj.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "Daughters of the American Revolution National Conference Convenes Virtually for 2nd Year". dar.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "The 2020 JAR Book-of-the-Year". allthingsliberty.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "Your Next Great Read". hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "Mourning the Presidents". upress.virginia.edu. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "The Best and Worst Presidential Cabinets in U.S. History". audible.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "Interpreting Article II, Section 2: George Washington and the President's Powers". cambridge.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ ""Having been a member of the first administration under Genl. Washington": Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Development of the President's Cabinet,". mtvernon.idm.oclc.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ "The Historical Presidency: George Washington and the First Presidential Cabinet". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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