Emily Anderson
Emily E. Anderson is a third-year PhD student in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Her primary field of study is American Politics, with a special interest in state politics and states-as-case designs. She is currently involved in projects on state bureaucratic and gubernatorial powers. Additionally, her work addresses outside influences on mass political knowledge. As a methodologist, Emily is looking toward developing an interstate, cross-branch measure of political experience value.
Prior to graduate studies, Emily spent three years in state government as a legislative assistant working to chauffeur legislation through the law-making process. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with Bachelors of Science in Political Science and Biomedical Microbiology. While attending UW-La Crosse, Emily was an RT-PCT research tech in the Galbraith Biology Lab and a student representative for the University of La Crosse Foundation.
Mackenzie Dobson
Mackenzie Dobson is a Visiting Scholar at the Rooney Center’s Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. She specializes in American politics and political methodology, focusing on American political institutions, state politics, and methods for computational social science. Her most recent work explores representation in state legislatures, bipartisan lawmaking, and legislative effectiveness.
Fields of Study: American Politics, Methodology
Jeff Harden
Jeff Harden specializes in American politics and political methodology. His research agenda in American politics focuses on political representation, public policy diffusion, and state politics. His methodology interests include interpretation and communication of statistical models, network inference, and simulation. His most recent book is The Illusion of Accountability: Transparency and Representation in American Legislatures (Cambridge, 2022). He has also published articles in several journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and British Journal of Political Science.
This is an academic research talk intended for Notre Dame faculty, staff, and grad students. This event will not be open to the public.
Originally published at rooneycenter.nd.edu.