Nathan W. Monroe
Assistant Professor of Political Science 
School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
University of California, Merced
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
P.O. Box 2039
Merced, CA 95344
Email: nathan.monroe [at] ucmerced [dot] edu
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Research Interests:
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American politics, political institutions, legislative politics, legislative elections, research design, positive political theory
- Ph.D., Political Science, 2004, University of California, San Diego
- B.A., Political Science, 2000, University of California, Santa Barbara
Monroe studies American politics with a focus on legislatures, especially the U.S. Congress. A main focus of his current research reconsiders the conventional non-partisan view of the U.S. Senate. He is co-editor of a forthcoming book, Why Not Parties? Party Effects in the United States Senate (University of Chicago Press), and is working on a manuscript that develops and tests a comprehensive theory of agenda setting in the Senate.
His research has also been published in the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Merced, Monroe held faculty positions at the University of the Pacific, and at Michigan State University.