Jeff Harden
Andrew J. McKenna Family Associate Professor
Fields of Study: American Politics, Methodology
Research and Teaching Interests: Legislative politics, state politics, representation, quantitative methods
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Please make appointment via link in bio.
2055 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
574-631-7280
Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics
and Statistics
Jeff Harden specializes in American politics and political methodology. His research agenda in American politics focuses on political representation, public policy diffusion, and state politics. His methodology interests include interpretation and communication of statistical models, network inference, and simulation. His most recent book is The Illusion of Accountability: Transparency and Representation in American Legislatures (Cambridge, 2022). He has also published articles in several journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and British Journal of Political Science.