The Department of Political Science Politics Forum hosts Dr. Jesse Crosson as he presents “Progress or Principle? Partisan Competition, Bill Sponsorship, and Position-Taking in Congress” on Friday, February 21, 2020 from 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm in Social Sciences Building 223.
Dr. Jesse Crosson is a Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and Assistant Professor (on leave) at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. He earned his Ph.D. in 2019 from the University of Michigan’s Department of Political Science. His research deals with public policy and the institutional underpinnings of policy stability and policy change. His particular interests are in how legislative parties and electoral competition, interest group activity, and legislative professionalism influence how, when, and why public policy changes. Dr. Crosson will present “Progress or Principle? Partisan Competition, Bill Sponsorship, and Position-Taking in Congress.”