Deering

Christopher J. Deering
2004 - 2005
U.S. Capitol c.1846

Daguerreotype by John Plumbe

Christopher J. Deering is Professor of Political Science at The George Washington University. From 2002 to 2008 he served as chair and from 1990 to 1994 he was Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. Professor Deering earned his BA in Political Science at the University of Southern California (1974) and his MA (1975) and PhD (1979) in Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Deering is co-author of Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, and a third edition in 1997), editor of Congressional Politics (1989), and has written a number of articles and chapters on congressional leadership, committees, and careers and on Congress's role in foreign and national security policymaking. From 1990 to 1998 he served as Director of Academic Planning and Development for the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship Program and on the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Advisory Board. He has served on the editorial boards for Legislative Studies Quarterly and Congress & the Presidency. As an APSA Congressional Fellow (1984-85) he served as a legislative aide to Senator George J. Mitchell (D, Maine). He also served as a Brookings Institution Research Fellow in Governmental Studies (1977-78).

[Vita]

Courses and Syllabi:

Fall 2008

PSc 192W Legislative Politics

Spring 2008

PSc 218 Legislative Politics [Syllabus Spring 2008]

Fall 2007

PSc 002 American Politics and Government [Syllabus Fall 2007]

PSc 221 Interest-Group Politics [Syllabus Fall 2007]

Fall 2006

PSc 002 American Politics and Government [Syllabus Fall 2006]

PSc 209 Systematic Inquiry/Research Design [Syllabus Fall 2006]

Spring 2006

PSc 118W Legislative Politics [Syllabus Spring 2006]

Fall 2005

PSc 209 Systematic Inquiry/Research Design [SyllabusFall 2005]

Spring 2005

PSc 221 Interest-Group Politics [Syllabus Spring 2005]

Fall 2004

PSc 209 Systematic Inquiry/Research Design [SyllabusFall 2004]

Spring 2004

PSc 218 Legislative Politics [Syllabus Spring 2004]

Spring 2003

PSc 221 Interest-Group Politics [Syllabus Spring 2003]

Fall 2002

PSc 118 Legislative Politics[Syllabus Fall 2002]

PSc 209 Systematic Inquiry/Research Design [SyllabusFall 2001]

Recent Stuff:

"Determinants of House Committee Chair Selection: Republicans Play Musical Chairs in the 107th Congress," Christopher J. Deering and Paul J. Wahlbeck. American Politics Research 34 (March 2006) 1-20. [Musical Chairs ]

"Foreign Affairs and War,"The Legislative Branch and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance. Eds. Paul Quirk and Sarah Binder. New York: Oxford University Press (2005), 349-38. [Foreign Affairs and War]

"Evolution of America's Parliament," Connie Veillette and Christopher J. Deering. Prepared for the Basque Parliament’s conference on “Parliament Over Time,” January 2003, Vitoria, Spain. [America's Parliament]

Interest Groups, Campaign Fundraising, and Committee Chair Selection: House Republicans Play "Musical Chairs," Paul R. Brewer and Christopher J. Deering. In The Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying, and Policymaking in Washington. Paul S. Herrnson, Ronald G. Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox, eds. Washington, D.C.: CQPress, 2005: 141-163. [Musical Chairs Lite]

"Restoration or Progress?The Intellectual Origins of Reform in American Politics," Christopher J. Deering and Ingrid Creppell. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 15-17, 1999. [Reform]

"Oversight Over Time and Across Committees: An Operational Measure of Police Patrols and Fire Alarms." Steven J. Balla and Christopher J. Deering. This is a revised and extended version of a paper originally presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 19-22, 2001. [Alarms and Patrols]

Twelve Angry Men

Providence Players
James Lee Center Theater
February 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, March 4 and 5, 2005