Nathaniel Birkhead

Nathaniel Birkhead is a Professor and Department Head of Kansas State University's Department of Political Science, and a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar. A native of Colorado, he got his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado (2006), and Ph.D from Indiana University (2012). He uses technically sophisticated methods to answer broad questions about the representational relationship between constituents and their elected officials, and American institutions - especially Congress and state legislatures. His articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly and Political Research Quarterly. His book, Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present (co-authored with Jordan Ragusa) was published at University of Chicago Press. We show that while Congress often passes laws in a bipartisan way, its repealing behavior is overwhelmingly partisan.