Lucas Kreuzer is an ISPS Pre-Doctoral Fellow working with Professors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson. He holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and a M.A. from Georgetown University. His research lies at the intersection of comparative political economy and geography with a current focus on the American Political Economy. He employs mixed-methods research and geospatial analysis to study how historic economic transformations impact place and the socioeconomic realities and partisan identities of the people that inhabit them.