James M. Snyder

Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Harvard University; Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scholar of American politics, with important theoretical work on vote-buying in legislatures, and wide ranging empirical work on the incumbency advantage, the influence of political parties on candidates' positions and legislators' voting, the effects of reapportionment on legislative policy making, and the impact of campaign spending. Author of The End of Inequality: One Person, One Vote and the Reshaping of American Politics (with Stephen Ansolabehere). Awarded Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best article published in Legislative Studies Quarterly; Heinz Eulau Award for the best paper in the American Political Science Review; Jack Walker Award, American Political Science Association; Weaver Award, American Political Association.