Graydon Dennison

Visiting Assistant Professor

Graydon Dennison holds a Ph.D. from Temple University in the history of the United States in the world. His dissertation, currently under conversion into book form, examined how U.S. state and nonstate actors spilled U.S. power and influence beyond the designated Canal Zone colony to compromise the sovereignty of the Republic of Panama and, consequently, usher in the imperial modalities that came to define the post-World War II empire of bases. This process not only reveals the true history of U.S.-Panamanian relations during this era, but demonstrated how Great Powers could remain hegemons without necessarily taking territory as they did before.

Graydon recently spent one year as a predoctoral fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. There, he worked closely with a cohort of scholars in the International Security Studies program, refining his dissertation and exposing himself to some of the most cutting-edge research on the history of international relations.

His research interests include the history of U.S. empire, the comparative colonialism of the United States and other powers, and how the subaltern have collaborated with or resisted imperialism in all its forms. He teaches courses on the history of the United States, the history of U.S. actions abroad, and modern international history. You can find him published in The Latin Americanist, the Journal of Military History, the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial Studies, World History Connected, and Strategic Visions.

Education

Ph.D. Temple University

Research Interests

U.S. Empire

Comparative Colonialism of the United States and other Powers

Courses Taught

Modern History

United States to 1865