David Miller Assistant Professor Government
- Degrees
- PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
MA, University of Rhode Island
BA, The George Washington University - Bio
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David is an Assistant Professor of Government at 17吃瓜在线. His research centers on American political institutions, with a focus on the presidency, organized interests, and legislative politics, and addresses substantive issues including representation and inequality in political voice. David's work applies quantitative approaches to analyze both observational 鈥渂ig data鈥 and original surveys and experiments conducted with elite and mass public samples.
David's research has been published in academic journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Presidential Studies Quarterly, and his dissertation received the 2021 George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award for the best dissertation on executive politics completed and accepted in 2019 or 2020.
David is also a founding co-organizer of the Junior Americanist Workshop Series (JAWS), a virtual research seminar for early career American politics scholars created during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, David served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of California, Riverside and East Tennessee State University and as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Vanderbilt University鈥檚 Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (Fall 2020-Spring 2021). He received his PhD in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2020.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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GOVT-310 Intro to Political Research
Spring 2025
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GOVT-310 Intro to Political Research
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GOVT-710 Topics in American Politics: Amer Political Institutions
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
American political institutions, executive branch politics, legislative politics, organized interests, presidency
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award (2021; best dissertation on executive politics completed and accepted in 2019 or 2020)
Jewell-Loewenberg Prize in American Politics (2023; best article published in Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year)
Selected Publications
Egerod, Benjamin C.K., Hans J.G. Hassell, Josh McCrain, and David R. Miller. Forthcoming. 鈥淗iring Faithful Agents, Expertise, or Connections? A Conjoint Survey Experiment on Lobbyist Hiring Decisions.鈥 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
Miller, David R. and Serena D. Smith. Forthcoming. 鈥(Small D-Democratic) Vacation, All I Ever Wanted?: The Effect of Democratic Backsliding on Leisure Travel in the American States.鈥 Journal of Experimental Political Science.
Miller, David R. and Chris Piper. 2024. 鈥淎cting(s) Without Consequence: The (Lack of) Public Costs for Vacancy Appointments.鈥 Presidential Studies Quarterly, 52(4): 144-161
Boston, Joshua, Benjamin Kassow, Ali Masood, and David R. Miller. 2023. 鈥淵our Honor鈥檚 Misdeeds: The Consequences of Judicial Scandal on Specific and Diffuse Support.鈥 PS: Political Science & Politics, 56(2):195-200.
Miller, David Ryan. 2023. 鈥淭he President Will See Whom Now? Presidential Engagement with Organized Interests.鈥 American Political Science Review, 117(3): 1019-1035.
Butler, Daniel M. and David R. Miller. 2022. 鈥淒oes Lobbying Affect Bill Advancement? Evidence from Three State Legislatures.鈥 Political Research Quarterly, 75(3):547-561.
Ladam, Christina, Austin Bussing, Alexander C. Furnas, Josh McCrain, David R. Miller, and Rachel Porter. 2022. 鈥淭he Junior Americanist Workshop Series (JAWS).鈥 PS: Political Science & Politics, 55(3):552-553.
Miller, David R. 2022. 鈥淥n Whose Door to Knock? Lobbyists鈥 Strategic Pursuit of Access to Members of Congress.鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly, 47(1), 157-192.
Miller, David R. and Andrew Reeves. 2022. 鈥淧ass the Buck or the Buck Stops Here? The Effectiveness of Claiming and Deflecting Blame by Elected Executives.鈥 Journal of Public Policy, 42(1), 63-91.
Miller, David R. 2021 鈥淓mpirical Approaches to the Study of Access.鈥 Interest Groups & Advocacy, 10(3), 286-302.
Stein, Robert M., Christopher Mann, Charles Stewart III, 鈥, David Miller, 鈥, et al. 2020. 鈥淲aiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-county Study.鈥 Political Research Quarterly, 73(2), 439-453.
Mann, Christopher B., Gayle A. Alberda, Nathaniel A. Birkhead, 鈥, David Miller, 鈥, et al. 2018. 鈥淧edagogical Value of Polling Place Observation By Students.鈥 PS: Political Science & Politics, 51(4), 831-837.
Miller, David R. and Andrew Reeves. 2017. 鈥淎ttitudes toward Delegation to Presidential Commissions.鈥 Presidential Studies Quarterly, 47(3), 495-516.