The 2016 winner of the Jack D. Fleer Award for Excellence in Honors in Politics and International Affairs is Brian Hart for his paper “Creating the Cult of Xi Jinping: The China Dream as a Leader Symbol”. After graduation, Brian is excited to spend a year serving as the Wake Forest Fellow in the Office of the Dean of the College. Following his year as a fellow, he hopes to attend a masters or doctoral program in International Relations or Political Science.