Conservative Watch

Dr. Cecily Marchbanks

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Classification
Conservative
File
0003
Opened
Untenured. Appointed 2022. Confirmed by the Watch, 2022.
Evidentiary grade
Direct
Threat score
1.2 / 100
Field office
Hyde Park, Chicago
Last observed
2026-08-24
Standing
Confirmed. Not under review.

Summary

Subject 0003 is the only member of the monitored population born after 1980. The Office of Threat Assessment reviewed her public statements and her podcast in a special session convened in 2024.

Her classification is supported by attributable public statements. It is the only active file that meets the evidentiary standard stated in the Methodology.

The Office of Population Modeling projects, at 71 percent confidence, that the subject’s 2028 tenure review may reduce the confirmed population to three. The projection is reviewed quarterly and has not moved.

Basis for classification

In podcast episode 41 and in a departmental seminar, the subject attributed her stated positions to her religious commitments. She is an avowed and practising Christian and attends daily Mass. Both statements are attributable and preserved on file.

Direct A relevant public statement is attributable to the subject.

Statement of the subject

"I don’t think I'm what you mean by conservative. But I'm not going to say I'm something else so the question goes away." — podcast episode 41, 14 March 2024.

Field record

Discipline
Economics. Institutions, moral philosophy of markets, and a graduate seminar that assigns Burke in week nine.
Primary location
Matherly Hall, second floor. Office hours Tuesday and Thursday.
Observed locations
Campus, a parish on NW 5th Avenue, and Nashville in 2026.
Status
Untenured. Review scheduled 2028.
Pattern of life
07:10 Mass. Office hours. Podcast recorded Sundays.
Identification
A tabbed copy of Reflections on the Revolution in France has been observed in the subject’s office.
Recorded statement
"I think Burke would say…"
Known associates
Podcast audience estimated at 312 listeners.
Capabilities
One podcast and one relevant journal article are on file.
Intent
Assessed as teaching and publication.
Signature
Burkean, high confidence.

Observations

2024-03-14 20:15
Podcast episode 41. Subject stated a position and gave her reason for it. Transcript obtained.
2026-02-03 14:20
Regional Aquinas conference, Nashville. Subject observed asking a question. Question logged.
2026-06-30
National population declined to four following closure of Subject 0005. Monitoring priority unchanged.
2026-08-24
Podcast episode 114 reviewed. Relevant statements transcribed and filed.

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