Faculty

William T. Bluhm
Nora Bredes
Kevin Clarke
Richard Dees
John Duggan
Richard Fenno
Mark Fey
Edward Fiandach
Gerald Gamm

Hein Goemans
Gretchen Helmke
Thomas Jackson
Bruce Jacobs
James Johnson
Stuart Jordan
Tasos Kalandrakis
Bonnie Meguid
Richard Niemi
Michael Peress
Charles Phelps
G. Bingham Powell
Lynda Powell
David Primo
Peter Regenstreif
Lawrence Rothenberg
Joel Seligman
Curtis Signorino
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
Randall Stone

  Lynda W. Powell
Professor of Political Science

lynda.powell@rochester.edu
Harkness Hall 324
585-275-3144

PhD, Rochester, 1974. American politics. Current research focuses on the influence of campaign contributions in state legislatures, specialization in legislatures, term limits. Recent publications include The Financiers of Congressional Elections (with Peter Francia, John Green, Paul Herrnson, and Clyde Wilcox) (Columbia University Press, 2003); Term Limits in the State Legislatures (with John Carey and Richard G. Niemi) (University of Michigan Press, 2000); Serious Money: Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns (with Clifford W. Brown, Jr., and Clyde Wilcox) (Cambridge University Press, 1995); and articles in journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Politics. Teaches courses in American politics. Directs European Political Internships and local internships, including District Attorney Internships and Public Defender Internships.
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Courses:
PSC 200 Applied Data Analysis
PSC 215 American Elections
PSC 319W/519 American Legislative Institutions
PSC 394 Local Law and Politics Internships
PSC 397 European Political Internships
PSC 512 Voting and Elections
PSC 523 American Politics Field Seminar