I am a Political Science PhD student at the University of Maryland studying Congress, Representation, Bureaucratic Politics, and Political Economy. I use computational methods to model how congressional party leaders engage with defection and coalition building amongst rank-and-file members. 

Areas of Interest

  • Congress
  • Representation
  • Computational Social Science
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Degrees

  • Degree Type
    BS
    Degree Details
    Political Science - Towson University

Research Topics

  • American Politics
  • Methodology
Ryan Bookstein
Email
rbookste [at] umd.edu