Bryan D. Jones is J.J. “Jake” Pickle Regent’s Chair in Congressional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the US Policy Agendas Project. His research centers on American public policy processes, including agenda-setting and decision-making. He is author or co-author of twelve books.
Frank R Baumgartner is the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and, with Bryan Jones, started work on the Policy Agendas Project in 1994. They have been busy ever since. www.unc.edu/~fbaum.
John Wilkerson is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Washington. His research centers on legislative organization and decision-making. He is particularly interested how information technologies can advance political science research and teaching.
Professor Sean Theriault is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to being an award-winning teacher, he is the author or co-author of 5 books on Congress, none more relevant to the Comparative Agendas Project than The Great Broadeninc (co-authored by Bryan Jones and Michelle Whyman).
Derek Epp is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His research centers on policy processes, a topic on which he has published The Structure of Policy Change (Chicago, 2018) and various articles. He also studies race and policing. (https://derek-epp.com/)
Christopher Wlezien is Hogg Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary policy-related research develops and tests a “thermostatic” model of public opinion and policy, on which he has published a book titled Degrees of Democracy and numerous journal articles.
Samuel Workman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the U.S. Government (Cambridge, 2015). His research addresses bureaucracy, public policy, and regulatory politics.
Chris Koski is Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Chris, along with co-author Christian Breunig from the University of Konstanz, has written a number of articles investigating punctuated equilibrium in state budgets. Chris also works with co-authors on projects related to information processing in rulemaking, the structure and implementation of collaborative governance, and subnational climate policy. Chris can occasionally be found in his home state of Montana, but don't look too hard.
Christopher Faricy is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is author of Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States (Cambridge University Press).
Amber E. Boydstun is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on media coverage and issue framing. She is author of Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting (University of Chicago Press) and co-author of The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence (Cambridge University Press).
Herschel received his Ph.D. at UT-Austin, and is now teaching at the LBJ School Of Public Affairs. His research focuses on the policy process, agenda-setting, organized interests, and lobbying. He previously managed the US Project from 2011-2014.
JoBeth Shafran is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science and Public Affairs Department at Western Carolina University. Her research focuses on information processing in subsystems and the effects of information on problem definitions and the policy process.
Jonathan Lewallen is an assistant professor at the University of Tampa studying agenda setting in U.S. political institutions and the use of expertise and analysis in policymaking. His work has been published in Regulation & Governance and PS: Political Science and Politics. More information can be found at www.jonathanlewallen.com.
Michelle is a Postdoctoral Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor with the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program at Duke University. Her research focuses on United States lawmaking, with an emphasis on the durability of legislative enactments.
Rebecca Eissler is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at San Francisco State University. Her research focused on agenda setting and information processing dynamics in the presidency. More information can be found at www.rebeccaeissler.com.
Annelise Russell is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky.
Alison Craig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on policymaking in the United States Congress with an emphasis on interactions between members and navigating the legislative process. She is currently writing a book on collaboration in the U.S. House of Representatives.
E.J. Fagan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on the policy agenda of political parties in the United States, think tanks, and policy disasters.
Brooke Shannon is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include local and state government, institutional reform, and Latino politics. Brooke received her B.A. in political science from The University of Colorado Denver and her M.A. in political science from the University of Memphis.
Connor is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He uses natural language processing methods to study regulatory policymaking, agenda setting, information processing, and bureaucratic politics.
Christine Bird is a PhD Student at the University of Texas at Austin. Christine studies courts and judicial politics. Christine holds a JD from the Oklahoma City University, a MA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA from the University of Oklahoma. She is licensed to practice law in her home state of Oklahoma.
My research focuses on environmental policy and government responsiveness to public participation. I am interested in differences in responsiveness between democratic and authoritarian regimes.
Guy Freedman is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include public opinion, the public agenda and policy responsiveness. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. His M.A. thesis examines the American public mood toward Israel, and he previously worked as a statistical consultant at the IDC.
Katie Madel is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include education policy, gender policy, and political rhetoric. She received her B.A. in Political Science and English from North Central College.
Zachary McGee is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the U.S. Congress, political parties, policy process, and agenda setting. He received his B.S. in Political Science from Towson University
Laura Quaglia is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include national security policymaking and agenda-setting from a comparative perspective. Laura received her B.A. in International Relations and her M.A in International Strategic Studies from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil.
Kendall Curtis is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include European politics, populism, and political parties. She received her B.A. in Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy from Baylor University. At CAP 2024, she received the Bryan Jones Award for Best Graduate Student Paper.
Daniel Little is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include politics of labor, politics of climate change, and urban politics. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Planning from the University of Oregon.
Eric Kim is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include American politics and public policy. He received his B.A. and Masters at Yonsei University.
Christine Guo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include voter behaviors, corruption, and scandals. She received her bachelor's in political science at National Taiwan University and her M.P.P. in Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
