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Andrew Dunham

Professor

Andy has taught at Colorado College since 1980. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1981 and a B.A. From Haverford College in 1969. His dissertation at Chicago ("Health and Politics") won the William Anderson Award (1982) given by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in 1980 and 1981 in intergovernmental relations. He was a Congressional Fellow in 1983-84, where he served as Legislative Assistant to Senator Max Baucus and Health Advisor to Senator Gary Hart. He is a member of the American Political Science Association, the National Women's Studies Association, and the Western Political Science Association. He organized the "Public Policy" section for the annual meeting of the WPSA in 1993-94 and served from 1983 to 1993 on the editorial board of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. He regularly teaches courses in public policy, the U.S. Congress, and American politics and government. Essays include "Political Science, Science, and Feminism" (1993), "Changing Patterns of Elite Bureaucratic Recruitment and American State Capacity and Autonomy," (1990) and "Slouching Towards National Health Insurance" (1986).

Regular Classes

PS 200 American Politics and Government
PS 318 The American Presidency
PS 320 The United States Congress
PS 321 Public Policymaking
PS 404 Tutorial in American Politics

This is the Department of Political Science