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American political scientist
Thomas L. Brunell
Born1968 (1968)
California
Alma materUniversity of California, Irvine
Scientific career
Thesis Short-term versus Long-term Forces in U.S. Senate Elections  (1997)
Academic advisorsBernard Grofman

Thomas L. Brunell (born 1968) is an American political scientist and professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Brunell studied political science and earned a Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of California, Irvine. His research and teaching mainly focus on American politics - elections, Congress, political parties, and redistricting. In 2008, he published a book titled Rethinking Redistricting: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America.

In 2017, he was mentioned as a possible nominee to direct the U.S. Census Bureau but withdrew his nomination after controversy over government experience.

Selected books

  • Brunell, Thomas L. (2008). Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415964531.

References

  1. "Census Bureau". The Census Project. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. "Thomas Brunell". profiles.utdallas.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. "Brunell CV" (PDF). UT Dallas. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. Brunell, Thomas Lloyd (2008). Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415964531.
  5. Mervis, Jeffrey (2018-05-16). "Exclusive: The would-be U.S. census director assails critics of citizenship question". Science | AAAS. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  6. Tracy, Abigail. "How Trump's New Census Nominee Could Rig Future Elections". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  7. "A Political-Science View of Trump's Reported Census Pick". www.chronicle.com. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  8. Berman, Ari. "Donald Trump's controversial pick to run the 2020 census just withdrew". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  9. Gaddie, Keith (2018-01-05). "Statement from Academic Colleagues Regarding Professor Thomas L. Brunell". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  10. Crespin, Michael H. (March 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. New York: Routledge, 2008. 160p. $130.00 cloth, $29.95 paper". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (1): 187–188. doi:10.1017/S1537592709090422. S2CID 145689981.
  11. McKee, Seth C. (April 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. (Routledge, 2008.)". The Journal of Politics. 71 (2): 782–763. doi:10.1017/S0022381609090665.
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