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David King

 

David King

Lecturer on Government
[ Curriculum Vitae ]
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617-495-1665
617-496-5960
 John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Website: www.ksg.harvard.edu/dking
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2:30 to 4:30, and by appointment.

Biographical Note:

David C. King, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. A lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, King teaches courses on the U.S. Congress, Interest Groups, and Political Parties. Professor King is the faculty director of Harvard’s program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress. He has taught in similar programs for the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and he has advised on legislative design issues in several countries, including South Korea and Chile. Through his affiliation with the Institute of Politics, Professor King oversees Harvard’s surveys of young peoples’ interests in community service and politics. Professor King is co-author of The Generation of Trust: Public Support for the US Military since Vietnam, (2003), author of Turf Wars: How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction (1997), and co-editor of Why People Don’t Trust Government (1997). In the wake of the 2000 presidential elections, Professor King directed the Task Force on Election Administration for the National Commission on Election Reform, chaired by former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. That effort culminated in landmark voting rights legislation signed by President Bush in late 2002.

Papers:

"Partisan Mobilization Campaigns in the Field: Results from a Statewide Turnout Experiment" David W. Nickerson, Ryan D. Friedrich, David C. King. Political Research Quarterly, March 2006, 59:85-98.
“The 2005 Presidential Election and Constitutional Reform in Bolivia.” Revista. Spring/Summer 2006: 11-15.
"Congress and the Contingent Influence of Diaspora Lobbies: U.S. Foreign Policy toward Armenia." David C. King & Miles Pomper. Journal of Armenian Studies, December 2004.
"Moving Voters in the 2000 Presidential Campaign: Local Visits and Local Media." David C. King & David Morehouse. In David Schultz, ed. Lights, Camera, Campaign. New York: Peter Lang. 2004.
"Sex and the Grand Old Party: the Effect of Candidate Sex on Support" David C. King & Richard E. Matland. American Politics Research, November 2003.
"Congressional Vote Options" David C. King & Richard L. Zeckhauser. Legislative Studies Quarterly, August 2003, 28:387-411.
"Contribution Shares in Alliances." Jonathan C. Borck, David C. King, Richard J. Zeckhauser. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions. Banff, Canada. July 3, 2003.
"The Management Performance of the U.S. States." David C. King, Richard L. Zeckhauser & Mark T. Kim. July 8, 2004.
"Congress, Polarization, and Fidelity to the Median Voter." David C. King. March 10, 2003.
"Punching and Counter-Punching in the U.S. Congress: Why Party Leaders Tend to be Extremists." David C. King & Richard L. Zeckhauser. December 9, 2002.