About Brian Harrison
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Thanks for visiting! I’m a writer and researcher living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. My concentrations are in political communication, public opinion and political behavior, American politics, political psychology, LGBTQ politics, and partisan identification.
I have held academic positions in political science and communication departments, most recently at the University of Minnesota, Carleton College, and Macalester College. Previously, I worked at Northwestern University (Lecturer in Political Science), Yale University (Visiting Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies), and Wesleyan University (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government).
My work has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the American Political Science Association, the Williams Institute at UCLA Law School, Northwestern University, SocialSci.com, and the Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences.
I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern, a Master’s Degree in Communication (Public Relations and Advertising) from DePaul University, a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown University. I have taught at Wesleyan University (CT), Georgetown University, Northwestern University, DePaul University, Loyola University-Chicago, and Fairfield University (CT). Before my work in academia, I served as a White House appointee to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Assistant Director of the Washington Semester Program at Georgetown University, and as an intern in the House of Representatives. (Before it was cool).
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