David Canon
Areas of expertise: U.S. Congress, racial representation, redistricting, political careers
Regions: U.S.
Languages: English
Contact info: (in order of preference)
Office: 608-263-2283
Email: dcanon@polisci.wisc.edu
Home: 608-238-0034 Available no later than 9:30pm on weeknights.
Willing to appear in: All Media
David T. Canon is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1987 and previously taught at Duke University. His teaching and research interests are in American political institutions, especially Congress. He has served as an expert witness and consultant in three federal court cases and one state case concerning redistricting. He is also involved in the Relational Database on Historical Congressional Statistics Project which is connected to his interests in realignments and political careers and the historical study of Congress (especially congressional committees).
Key Publications:
- Race, Redistricting, and Representation (University of Chicago Press, 1999)
- The Dysfunctional Congress? The Individual Roots of an Institutional Dilemma (with Ken Mayer; Westview Press, 1999)
- Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the U.S. Congress (University of Chicago Press, 1990)
Awards:
- Richard F. Fenno award for the best book on legislative politics, for Race, Redistricting, and Representation.
John Coleman
Areas of expertise: Political parties; voting, campaigns, turnout and elections; campaign finance; congressional parties; presidential politics and leadership; president and Congress; trust and cynicism toward government; political participation; social class and politics; American government and politics; federal budget politics; third parties
Regions: U.S.
Languages: English
Contact info: (in order of preference)
Email: coleman@polisci.wisc.edu
Office: 608-265-3680
Willing to appear in: All media
Professor Coleman's teaching and research interests are in the evolution of the American state and the relationship between changes in the political economy of the United States and its party structure. His current research includes projects on campaign spending, congressional political parties, and the politics of income distribution.
Key Publications:
- Party Decline in America: Policy, Politics, and the Fiscal State (Princeton, 1996)
Awards:
- Emerging Scholar Award, 1997, American Political Science Association, Section on Political Organizations and Parties
- Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, UW-Madison, 2001
Dennis Dresang
Areas of expertise: Wisconsin politics, Federal-state-local-tribal relations
Regions: U.S.
Languages:English
Contact info: (in order of preference)
Email: dresang@lafollette.wisc.edu
Office: 608-263-0446
Willing to appear in: All Media
Dennis Dresang is Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs and Director of the Center on State, Local, and Tribal Governance. He is also founding Director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on state politics, public personnel management, and community issues. He has contributed to public service in a variety of ways: directing a research and public service seminar of La Follette School students examining community health issues and youth violence, chairing two major gubernatorial task forces, and serving on numerous tribal and local government commissions on human resource management issues. He is research director for a policy initiative of Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor to improve the status of women. For his research and public service on pay equity, he has received distinguished service awards from the Women's Political Caucus and the Wisconsin Equal Rights Council.
Key Publications:
- Politics and Policy in American States and Communities (with James J. Gosling, Allyn and Bacon, 1999)
- Public Personnel Management and Public Policy (Longman, 2002)
Kenneth Mayer
Areas of expertise: American politics, campaign finance, the U.S. presidency
Regions: U.S.
Languages:English
Contact info: (in order of preference)
Email: kmayer@polisci.wisc.edu
Willing to appear in: All Media
His teaching and research interests are in American government and institutions (especially Congress and the Presidency) and campaign finance. His current research focuses on last-minute policy making by lame-duck presidents, and evaluating the effectiveness of recent state-level campaign finance reforms.
Key Publications:
- With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power (Princeton University Press, 2001)
- The Dysfunctional Congress? The Individual Roots of an Institutional Dilemma (Westview Press, 1999)
- The Political Economy of Defense Contracting (Yale University Press, 1991)