Faculty
 | Ìý(The Ohio State University, 2009) is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the American Politics Research Lab (APRL). He joined the CU faculty in 2009 after receiving his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Anand specializes in American politics, and his work examines the role that social influence plays in voting behavior, political participation, and opinion formation, with a special focus on how people employ their networks when acquiring and processing information. Anand's work has appeared in ³Ù³ó±ðÌýAmerican Political Science Review,Ìý³Ù³ó±ðÌýAmerican Journal of Political Science,Ìýand ³Ù³ó±ðÌýJournal of Politics, among other outlets.Ìý |
 | ÌýisÌýProfessor ofÌýÌýat ³Ù³ó±ðÌý, and is the Associate Director of American Politics Research Lab (APRL).Ìý His expertise is the US Congress, elections, political institutions, and policy making.Ìý Among his books areÌýWhy Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee SystemÌý(University of Chicago Press, 2002), andÌýCongress and the Politics of Problem SolvingÌý(Cambridge University Press, 2012;Ìýco-authored with John Wilkerson). ÌýHis current project, funded by the Hewlett Foundation, examines Congress’s ability to renew and update expiring programs and law over the last half-century. ÌýHe is also writing a textbook on the U.S. Congress (W.W. Norton), with Jeffrey Jenkins and Charles Shipan. |
 | Brian C. KeeganÌýisÌýan assistant professor and computational social scientist whose research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction, network science and data science. His research explores the structure and dynamics of large-scale online communication and collaboration using socio-technical system log data. Brian is developing new methods, theories and tools to help people make better sense of bursts of information and design better responses to them. Before joining CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Keegan was a research associate at the Harvard Business School’s HBX online learning platform and a postdoctoral researcher in computational social science at Northeastern University. He received his PhD in media, technology and society from Northwestern University’s School of Communication. He also earned SB degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Science, Technology and Society from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
 | Michelangelo Landgrave (he/him/él) is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½. He is a scholar of race and ethnic politics (REP), with a specialization in immigration and Latino politics & public policy. His research is currently focused on immigration public opinion and the history of Latino political thought. At CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, he serves as the Director of the Barney Ford Lab for Civic Thought and Engagement. He also co-organizes the Benson Center’s Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsÌýWorkshop. Outside of CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Dr. Landgrave is currently an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute. He has also previously held research appointments at Princeton University, the U.S. Federal Government's Office of Evaluation Sciences, and the University of Missouri. He earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside, and a master’s degree in economics from California State University, Long Beach. He has 20+ peer reviewed research articles published or forthcoming in Nature; Political Analysis; Legislative Studies Quarterly; the Journal of Experimental Political Science; State Politics & Policy Quarterly;American Politics Research; Research & Politics; Politics, Groups & Identities; PS: Political Science & Politics; the California Journal of Politics & Policy; Political Studies Review; the Journal of Political Science Education; the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration; the Journal of Social Equity & Public Administration; the Journal of Economics, Race, & Policy; and the Journal of Economic Behavior & OrganizationÌýamong others. Dr. Landgrave welcomes graduate students interested in studying race and ethnic politics regardless of subfield. He is happy to serve on graduate committees in Public Policy, American Politics, and Political Theory. |
 | Marayna Martinez an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½. Marayna studies American politics with a focus on education policy. Her research and teaching interests include race and ethnic politics, political behavior, policy feedback, and K12 education policy. She is particularly interested in the feedback effects of public education on the political development of children of color. Her peer-reviewed research has appeared in Policy Studies Journal, Politics, Groups, and Identities, and Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.Ìý Ìý Prior to coming to CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, she was a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University in the Department of Politics. She received a joint PhD in political science and public policy from Duke University in 2023 and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.Ìý |
 | Josh Strayhorn (Ph.D., Emory University, 2013) joined the CU faculty in 2013.Ìý He specializes in formal theory, political institutions, and judicial politics.Ìý His research applies game-theoretic models in a variety of contexts.Ìý His work examines the implications of delegation, oversight, and accountability mechanisms for outcomes within political and judicial hierarchies and for democratic governance. |
 | is an Assistant ProfessorÌýinÌý .ÌýHe researches American political institutions with a focus on two general questions of interest: how the design of regulation influences policy outcomes; and how institutional characteristics condition the spread or diffusion of policy. He primarily studies the U.S. states with an emphasis on energy and economic policy, and his work heavily uses spatial econometric modeling.​ |
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