About the Department

Carlos E. Díaz Rosillo is Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House and Lecturer in the Department of Government.  His research focuses on the American presidency, public policy, and comparative chief executive politics.  His work examines the different tools that chief executives have at their disposal to affect policy.  Carlos has extensive teaching and advising experience in the Department of Government, where he has served as concentration adviser for the past few years.  He is teaching a research seminar on chief executive politics in the Fall: Presidents, Governors, and Mayors: Chief Executive Power in Comparative Perspective, and a new lecture course in the Spring: Presidential Power in the U.S.  He holds undergraduate degrees summa cum laude in International Relations (BA) and Civil Engineering (BSCE), as well as graduate degrees in Public Policy (MPP) and Government (AM; Ph.D.).