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Bartels, Ph.D.<br> </span></b><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#99CCFF'>Department of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Political</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><br> </b><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">George</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br> </b>bartels [at] gwu [dot] edu<br> Phone: 202-642-1459<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:107.25pt;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#999999'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:107.25pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left: 3.0in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t202" style='position:absolute; 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color:#999999'><br> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:silver'>I am an Assistant Professor in the</span><span style='font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'> <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Epsc/">Department of Political Science</a> at <a href="http://www.gwu.edu">The George Washington University</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:silver'>in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>. I was previously an Assistant Professor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stony</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Brook</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. My research and teaching interests center on American politics, judicial politics, and political methodology. In particular, I examine judicial decision making, the Supreme Court, inter-branch interactions, judicial appointment politics; public opinion, political behavior, and institutional evaluation; and legislative politics. I also have interests in various topics related to political methodology. My work has appeared or is forthcoming in <i>American Political Science Review</i>, <i>Journal of Politics</i>, <i>Public Opinion Quarterly</i>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>American Politics Research</i>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Electoral Studies</i>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Political Research Quarterly</i>, and other outlets. I have also been a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'> <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/?author=10062">guest contributor</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:silver'>for the legal blog,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#999999'> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/">Concurring Opinions</a></i>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:107.25pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:3.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:silver'>I teach undergraduate courses in judicial politics, methodology, and constitutional law, and graduate courses in judicial politics and political methodology. <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:107.25pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:3.0in'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#99CCFF'>Updated February 3, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>