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Derek Epp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the faculty in 2017 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Nelson Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College in 2015, where he earned his Ph.D. in American Politics with a minor in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His dissertation titled 'Information Processing Instability Political Outcomes' is currently being expanded into a book slated for publication by the University of Chicago Press. Epp's research focuses on policy change, with a specific interest in how and why certain policies persist, while others undergo frequent adjustments. He examines the role of institutions in processing political information and allocates attention to various issues, including criminal justice and racial patterns in police traffic stops.
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