Position Title
Professor
About
Scott A. MacKenzie’s research examines the effects of institutional rules on political decision-making and representation in several substantive areas of American politics. His recent work focuses on electoral system rules and the incentives they create for lawmaking in the U.S. Congress. Other work examines citizen decision-making in low-information environments, including elections for state and local offices, and ballot propositions. His research on government efforts to combat climate change has been supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. He is the author of Paradise Plundered: Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego (with Steven P. Erie and Vladimir Kogan, 2011, Stanford University Press), which received the Dennis Judd Best Book Award from the Urban Politics section of the American Political Science Association. His published articles have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and other leading outlets. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2009, his M.P.P. from the University of Chicago in 2001, and his B.A. from Columbia University in 1996. His CV can be found here.