Organization:Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies

Founded in 1979, American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) serves scholars, students, policymakers and the public by propelling actionable research, providing public education and promoting reasonable democratic commerce. CCPS's faculty, research fellows, executives-in-residence and students have completed hundreds of research projects, which have been broadly disseminated as books, scientific research articles, popular press articles, video documentaries and audio stories. Many of these have enjoyed support from external funders, totaling over $50 million. CCPS also administers the Campaign Management Institute and the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute, and publishes the academic journal Congress and the Presidency. The CCPS has hosted over 350 public symposia and conferences that bring together policymakers, politicos, researchers, journalists, and other public intellectuals to contemplate pressing political and policy issues.

Institutes

Campaign Management Institute: For over two decades the Campaign Management Institute (CMI) has served as a program designed to train individuals for participation in local, state, and federal political campaigns.

Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute: Modeled on the Campaign Management Institute, the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute provides students with an intensive exploration of the art and craft of the lobbying profession.

European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute: A two-week course in Brussels, Belgium that introduces students to lobbying in the European Union.

Faculty and staff

• James A. Thurber, CCPS Founder, former Director, and Director of the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute
• Candice Nelson, Former CCPS Interim Director and Director of the Campaign Management Institute
• Jeffrey Crouch, Editor, Congress and the Presidency

Editorial Board

• E. Scott Adler - University of Colorado
• John Aldrich - Duke University
• R. Douglas Arnold - Princeton University
• Terri Bimes - University of California, Berkeley
• Sarah Binder - George Washington University
• Jon Bond - Texas A&M University
• MaryAnne Borrelli - Connecticut College
• Janet Box-Steffensmeier - Ohio State University
• Brandice Canes-Wrone - Princeton University
• David Canon - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• George C. Edwards III - Texas A&M University
• Diana Evans - Trinity College
• C. Lawrence Evans - College of William and Mary
• Morris Fiorina - Stanford University
• John R. Hibbing - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Karen Hult - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Vincent Hutchings - University of Michigan
• Jeffery A. Jenkins - University of Southern California
• Nancy Kassop - State University of New York, New Paltz
• Keith Krehbiel - Stanford University
• Frances E. Lee - University of Maryland
• Forrest Maltzman - George Washington University
• Kenneth Mayer - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bruce Miroff - State University of New York, Albany
• Vincent Moscardelli - University of Connecticut
• John Owens - University of Westminster
• Paul Quirk - University of British Columbia
• Lyn Ragsdale - Rice University
• Andrew Rudalevige - Bowdoin College
• Brian F. Schaffner - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Wendy Schiller - Brown University
• Patrick Sellers - Davidson College
• Stephen Skowronek - Yale University
• Steven S. Smith - Washington University in St. Louis
• Charles Stewart III - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Matthew Streb - Northern Illinois University
• Terry Sullivan - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Michele Swers - Georgetown University
• Raymond Tatalovich - Loyola University of Chicago
• Charles Walcott - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Stephen J. Wayne - Georgetown University
• Stephen Weatherford - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Daniel Wirls - UC Santa Cruz
• Gerald Wright - Indiana University