Sean Theriault

Sean Theriault is an associate professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He specializes in American politics with particular interests focusing on the U.S. Congress, American political development, and political history. He is a 2004 winner of the Eyes of Texas Excellence Award.

Theriault has published articles on presidential rhetoric, congressional careers, issue framing, the Compromise of 1850 and public approval of Congress. His current research is on the party polarization in the U.S. Congress.

His book, “The Power of the People: Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution,” is due out this spring with Ohio State University Press.

External links

* [http://www.la.utexas.edu/~seant/ Sean Theriault bio on the University of Texas at Austin website]