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

Before coming to Harvard, I performed research at Stanford University and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on nuclear politics and other...

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...

My teaching and research focus broadly on American politics, with more specific interests in political institutions, the presidency, and democratic...

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

I am a scholar of public opinion and elections in developing democracies. In addition to my research, I work as a pollster and political consultant in...

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

Julie Anne Weaver is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a Lecturer on Social Studies and Government at Harvard...

I am a 6th-year Ph.D. Candidate in Government focused on the comparative political economy of development and of inequality in Latin America and sub-...