Salaina Catalano

Salaina Catalano

Dissertation

I graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from Albion College in Michigan where I studied history and political science. There I researched and wrote an honors thesis called "A New Deal for Michigan: The Story of the Works Progress Administration" which examined the legacy of the WPA in Michigan communities. During the dual degree program, I became interested in studying fascism in America and its transnational character, which served as the basis for my dissertation entitled "When It Happened Here: The Transnational Development of American Fascism, 1920-1945." I now work in the electrical engineering field in Rochester Hills, Michigan.