Craig Volden
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Joined October 2014
Congratulations, and best wishes with your important work!
@TheLawmakers are excited to announce our small grant award winners for 2025-2026: @EmanJAlahmadi (@UTAustin) Michael Artime (@PLUNEWS) Jaime Andres Carbajal (@UTAustin) Ayoung Chun (@LifeAtPurdue) Christian Hosam (@AlbrightInst) and @KongFredric (@MIT): https://t.co/z2p89seJUT
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A forthcoming published paper in @PSQuarterly from @SeanMTheriault (@UTAustin), Jared Hrebenar, and Isabel Reyna, shows the legislative effectiveness of U.S. House Members who come to office after defeating incumbents (a.k.a “Giant Killers”): https://t.co/dJf9UTcxFF
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Post-doc hiring season!
@TheLawmakers are putting out a call for a postdoctoral research position at @UVABatten. See the details here: https://t.co/UMO3UF05DF
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Insightful CNN interview about our research!
Thanks to Alan Wiseman for talking to @CNN about our recent research! https://t.co/muWfbCbCBC
@craigvolden @PoPpublicsphere
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A reminder to turn in your small grant submissions by September 30. More details below:
@TheLawmakers are offering small grant awards for research related to effective lawmaking. If you or someone you know would be interested, please apply here: https://t.co/h5V6fBGHut
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'On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress' by @craigvolden, @JonathanLWai & Alan E. Wiseman was the most-downloaded @poppublicsphere paper in August 2025. You can read it #OpenAccess here - https://t.co/95lX1RPAaB
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In this conversation with CEL Co-Directors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, Nevada Speaker Jason Frierson reflects on his time in public service and shares insights on what makes for effective lawmaking in the Nevada Assembly. Read here: https://t.co/EPu0F0Ajot
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Alan Wiseman talks about a new Perspectives article (co-authored w/ @craigvolden & @JonathanLWai; available here: https://t.co/9TzSai3sx0) in The Smerconish podcast yesterday.
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On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress
Michael speaks with Dr. Alan Wiseman about groundbreaking new research into the education divide in American politics, and why the educational background of lawmakers may be just as important as their party affiliation. Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ https://t.co/LbxWMqsGYu
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In this conversation with Co-Directors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, South Carolina Senator Katrina Shealy reflects on her time in public service and shares insights on what makes for effective lawmaking in the South Carolina Senate. Read here: https://t.co/8u24fL38hj
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Appreciate the coverage of our new research on partisan divides in Congress.
The latest example of education as dividing line: R members of Congress no longer attend Ivy/elite colleges, while Dems still do in large numbers. A fascinating 50-yr study of how Congress is now reflecting a trend among voters. My weekend column: https://t.co/tDMpCAKwRy
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@TheLawmakers are offering small grant awards for research related to effective lawmaking. If you or someone you know would be interested, please apply here: https://t.co/h5V6fBGHut
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! On the #Decline of #Elite-#Educated #Republicans in #Congress By @craigvolden, @JonathanLWai & Alan E. Wiseman https://t.co/0ZycaIzwhW
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@TheLawmakers officially welcome and congratulate Connor Halloran Phillips of @cmist_cmu as one of our newest Faculty Affiliates. Learn more about him here: https://t.co/TyrUBrDees
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@TheLawmakers officially welcome and congratulate @amyvt98 of @HollinsU as one of our newest Faculty Affiliates. Learn more about her here: https://t.co/BkOVnhQBjg
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A forthcoming published paper in @The_JOP by Robert McGrath (@GeorgeMasonU), Josh Ryan (@USUAggies), and Jatia Wrighten (@VCU) examines the determinants of legislative effectiveness for female state legislators: https://t.co/Mrt948GW8A
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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Great to join the legendary @HowardMortman and share experiences from the House and @USChamber with @cspan
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Important insights from @MackenzieDobso2 !
Does bipartisanship enhance legislative success in state legislatures? In this paper, @MackenzieDobso2 extends Harbridge-Yong, Volden, and Wiseman’s (2023) work and finds that bipartisanship is positively associated with lawmaking success. Read here: https://t.co/0cnR3ZD9d2
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Does bipartisanship enhance legislative success in state legislatures? In this paper, @MackenzieDobso2 extends Harbridge-Yong, Volden, and Wiseman’s (2023) work and finds that bipartisanship is positively associated with lawmaking success. Read here: https://t.co/0cnR3ZD9d2
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In this conversation with our Co-Directors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, New York Assembly Member Amy Paulin reflects on her decades of public service and shares insights on what makes for effective lawmaking in the New York Assembly. Link to blog post: https://t.co/1KZDBE9xyL
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Effective state lawmakers are more likely to run for Congress. Might help if voters then learned about their successes.
This @TheLawmakers working paper from @craigvolden (@UVABatten), Alan Wiseman (@VandyPoliSci), @dmariethomsen (@UCIrvine), and Sarah Treul (@UNC) examines how likely effective state lawmakers are to be elected to Congress: https://t.co/dfv07myUfn
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