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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, MN

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Brian Ault is a doctoral candidate with interests in social movements, and political and comparative historical sociology. His dissertation seeks to examine the spatial sociology of Nazi Party micromobilization from 1925–1932.

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Ault, B. The structure of graduate student failure: A view from within. Am Soc 27, 27–38 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692038

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