E. Scott Adler

Program Year: 
2006
Last Known Position: 
Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Bio: 

Scott Adler is Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His expertise is the U.S. Congress, elections, political institutions, and policy making. Among his books are Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee System (University of Chicago Press, 2002), and The Macropolitics of Congress (co-edited with John Lapinski; Princeton University Press, 2006).

His most recent book, co-authored with John Wilkerson, is Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Adler and Wilkerson have an associated website and blog.

Adler also has expertise in college athletics administration. His research on the performance effects of college football coach replacement (with Michael Berry and David Doherty), was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Wired, USA Today, The Economist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Freakonomics blog, and on the front page of The New York Times. Adler has also appeared as a guest on ESPN.

“My year as a CSAP Fellow was invaluable toward the formulation and development of what eventually became a major book project. The research talks, one-on-one conversations, and more than a few pizza dinners provided ongoing interactions with faculty, other fellows, and students that would not have been possible any other way. Yale has some of the most outstanding scholars in American politics, so sharing ideas and research with such folks makes the fellowship one of the premier academic experiences available.”