Bookstein, Ryan

Bio

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. 

Degrees

  • BS | Political Science - Towson University

Areas of Interest

  • Congress
  • Legislative Behavior
  • Representation
  • Elite Decision-Making
  • Computational Social Science

Research Topics