BIOGRAPHY

Anthony Jesuale joined the Political Science Department at Michigan State University in 2019. He received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 2022, his dissertation “Polarizing reforms: How state legislative reforms of the 20th century exacerbated polarization in the 21st century” focused on the effects of intuitional reforms in state legislatures, notably legislative term limits. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Anthony spent over four years working in Michigan politics as a field organizer, a campaign manager, a community organizer and a legislative assistant at the Michigan House of Representatives.

Anthony’s work focuses on American institutions, specifically; legislative issues at both the state and federal level; presidential decision making; American political culture; public policy; and urban politics.

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