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Connie Thomas is an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in United States History at University College London. She specializes in legal and political history with a focus on immigration policy, particularly the development of state and national policymaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Her research examines how migration debates have been influenced by broader conflicts relating to citizenship, national identity, partisanship, and federalism. Moreover, Connie explores the intersection between state and national institutions, policy makers, and early American political culture. Alongside her historical research, she has contributed to contemporary discussions of political culture through platforms like Panorama U.S. Studies Online. Connie is committed to widening participation in higher education for women and traditionally underrepresented groups, organizing various events and workshops to encourage continued study of history. Her teaching encompasses thematic and advanced seminar courses on American history, focusing on contested visions and the American borderlands.