Personal Statement:

John Sbardellati is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada.  He is the author of J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood’s Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2012), which won the Michael Nelson Prize from the International Association for Media and History.  His current research focuses on race and American Cold War culture.

Dissertation Title:Hollywood's Cold War: The FBI, Congress, and the Battle over Film PropagandaFaculty Advisor(s):Fredrik Logevall