Brandon Rottinghaus

Professor of Political Science

American Dallas, Texas

Quick Info

ProfessionProfessor of Political Science
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceDallas, Texas

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Career

Current PositionPauline Yelderman Chair and Professor, University of Houston, Department of Political Science
Previous PositionsFull Professor, University of Houston (2016-present); Associate Professor, University of Houston (2011-2016); Assistant Professor, University of Houston (2007-2011); Assistant Professor, University of Idaho (2004-2007)
Research InterestsPresidency, Texas politics, public opinion, political communication, executive-legislative relations, political scandal
Books
  • Inside Texas Politics (Oxford University Press)
  • Current Debates in the Lone Star State (Oxford University Press)
  • Inside American Government (Oxford University Press)
  • Rick Perry: A Political Life (University of Texas Press)
  • Scandal: How Politicians Survive Controversy in a Polarized Era (Columbia University Press)
  • The Institutional Effects of Executive Scandal (Cambridge University Press)
  • The Provisional Pulpit (Texas A&M University Press)
  • The Dual Executive (Stanford University Press)
Media RolesCo-host of Party Politics (PBS TV8, Houston Public Media); Political analyst for KHOU 11; Creator and host of Texperts (Houston Public Media)
ProjectsCo-director of the Presidential Greatness Project; Co-founding designer of the Presidential Proclamations Project

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Native of Dallas, Texas
2. Director, Bureau of Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho (2004-2007)
3. Senator Don Henderson Scholar, University of Houston (2012-2015)
4. Center for Mexican American Studies Faculty Associate, University of Houston (2015-present)
5. Winner of the Patrick J. Fett Award (2010)
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