John Holbein studies political participation, political inequality, democratic accountability, political representation, and education policy.
His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Nature Human Behavior (to name a few). His research has been supported by two National Science Foundation grants.
Craig Volden is a professor of public policy and politics, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Department of Politics. He studies legislative politics and the interaction among political institutions, including within American federalism.
Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Law
Lafayette College
2017
Beyond Service: National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics
Committee: Jeffery A. Jenkins (co-chair), Sidney M. Milkis (co-chair), Paul Freedman
Assistant Professor
Fordham University
2017
Essays on the Political Power of Bureaucrats
Jeff Jenkins (Chair), Craig Volden, Rachel Potter, David Lewis (Vanderbilt)
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
2018
Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton
2017
Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis
2017
My research interests center on electoral institutions, representation, race & gender.
My research interests center on American politics, news media, gender and race. I am particularly interested in interactions between intersectional systems of oppression, political behavior, and political and media representations.
I am interested in right-wing politics with regard to American political development. Particular questions I wish to focus on in my future research include: What does the label “conservative,” a term which is thrown around frequently carrying a number of specific and not always flattering connotations, really mean in current discourse and how has it changed over time? How has the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, evolved over time to represent such varied, and sometimes competing, interests as the Christian Right, big business, and anti-immigration activists?
My research interests include Black political thought, global justice, human rights, and civil rights. I am especially interested in reparations for slavery and Jim Crow.
