Nicole Penn currently serves as the Senior Program Manager of the American Enterprise Institute’s Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Division. She is also currently a Ph.D. student in American History at George Mason University. Prior to her current position, Nicole worked as a research assistant for AEI’s Distinguished Senior Fellow, Lynne Cheney, and as an editorial apprentice at the Omohurdo Institute of Early American History and Culture. Nicole holds a Master of Arts in History from the College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Virginia. Her writings have appeared in The Public Discourse, Law and Liberty, American Purpose, The Bulwark, and The American Interest.