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Chris Den Hartog
American Political Institutions, Congress, Presidency, Public Policy,
Faculty liaison for Washington Center internship program
Contact Information
Office: Building 47, Room 11F
Phone: 805-756-2975
E-mail: cdenhart@calpoly.edu
My teaching and research deal with policy making by the United States government. In particular, I study congressional procedures and the ways in which such procedures give some members of congress opportunities to influence policy making, while simultaneously denying other members opportunities to influence policy making. I focus especially on the question, "how does the interaction between political parties and congressional procedures affect the policy decisions made by Congress?" I also study the ways in which procedures can be (and often are) reshaped by some members so that the legislative process will be more likely to produce certain kinds of outcomes. Related interests include the presidency, courts, and state legislatures--and the ways in which interactions among Congress and these other institutions produce policy decisions and policy outcomes. Classes I teach include American and California Government, The U.S. Congress, The Presidency, and Politics of Economic Policy. Prior to Cal Poly, I taught at UCSD and Northwestern University.
Curriculum Vitae (click to download word document)
Political Science Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
805-756-2984 Last Updated: 01/28/2008
Email: politicalscience@calpoly.edu