Dr. Sean Gailmard

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Sean Gailmard is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on how political institutions operate and change, and how they affect the quality of governance. He specifically examines the executive branch, the checks and balances among branches of government, and the bureaucratic capacity across different political contexts. Gailmard applies strategic and historical perspectives to these issues, making significant contributions to our understanding of political institutions. He is the author of 'Agents of Empire: English Imperial Governance and the Making of American Political Institutions' and 'Learning to Govern: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch,' the latter having garnered awards from the American Political Science Association. His academic work appears in leading social science journals, including the American Political Science Review and the Journal of Politics, and he has published textbooks focusing on statistical modeling and inference in social science. He has a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and has held various academic positions, contributing to multiple editorial boards in the field of political science.

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