Robert Van Houweling
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Email: rpvh@berkeley.eduPhone: (510) 643-6678
Office Location: 764 Barrows
Office Hours: W 10-12
Summer 2009 Course: Not teaching this term
Professor Van Houweling studies both legislative institutions and political behavior in the United States. Both aspects of his research are driven by an interest in better understanding the representational linkages between electorates and officeholders. He received his B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1993 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003. He worked as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Thomas A. Daschle of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995. Professor Van Houweling is preparing a book manuscript that examines how the polarization of elite preferences along partisan lines has affected the role of party organizations in Congress, altered legislative strategies, and shaped policy outcomes. He has also published articles in several top political science journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and Studies in American Political Development.
Professor Van Houweling's homepage: http://polisci.berkeley.edu/faculty/vanhouweling/