Evan M. Johnston is a graduate student at the New School for Social Research. His political experience includes having worked as a political consultant for local, statewide, and national elections in his home state of New Jersey. He has presented papers at regional and national political science research conferences on political theory and international relations topics. His personal interests include New Jersey and New York state politics, as well as national and international politics. He is a die-hard Yankee fan. He is also on facebook- you can friend request him with a message in order to access his profile and commentary on political events, and he is in the process of starting up a weekly blog on national politics as well. Evan can be reached at ejohnston1980@gmail.com.