Stephen Ansolabehere is the Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is an expert in public opinion and elections, and has...

I am a political scientist who studies the nature, causes, and consequences of political institutions, especially political parties and democracy....

I am excited to advise theses on wide range of topics that are related to my own research, including:

• Economic, social and racial...

My dissertation focuses on political parties in advanced democracies and how they’ve used “identity politics” to appeal to voters from the early 20th...

Professor Daniel M. Smith studies comparative politics, with a focus on political parties, elections, and other aspects of democratic representation and...

I research representation (the relationship between what people want out of government and what the government does) in American politics. Within...