Whitney McIntosh

Whitney McIntosh is an historian of the 20th Century United States, and a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Columbia University. Her research explores right-wing politics, American libertarianism, democratic culture, and political radicalism.

Her dissertation, “American Libertarianism from the Counterculture to the Second Iraq War,” is the first comprehensive, archivally-based study of the American libertarian movement. Making use of personal archives and interviews, her work charts the history of major libertarian institutions for the first time, while also examining the development of libertarian intellectual culture.

Whitney recently published “F. A. Hayek, Libertarianism, and the Denationalization of Money” in Modern American History in 2024. Her research has been supported by the American Historical Association, the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, the History of Economics Society, and the University of Oregon.

Prior to starting her graduate studies, Whitney served as a research associate at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. She has consulted for the Kofi Annan Foundation for its Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age.

Born in Naarm/Melbourne, Whitney now lives in New York City.