Connor Ewing is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Specializing  in Public Law and American Politics, his dissertation provides a theoretical and historical account of the development of American federalism. His work also focuses on the emergence and development of human dignity in American constitutional law, two phenomena that have been decisively shaped by the structure of the federal system. Mr. Ewing holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison (Political Science & Philosophy, 2008) and an A.M. from the University of Chicago (Social Sciences, 2011).