About the Department

David C. King is Lecturer in Public Policy at The Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Lecturer in Government at the Harvard Government Department. He lectures on the U.S.Congress, Political Parties, and Election Reform. Professor King joined the Harvard faculty in 1992.
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. He later oversaw an evaluation and new management structure for the Boston Election Department.
David King is the faculty director of Harvard’s program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress. He has run similar programs for the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and he has advised on legislative design issues in several countries, including South Korea, Nicaragua, Chile, and Bolivia. Along with John Della Volpe at SocialSphere.net, Professor King has overseen Harvard’s surveys of young peoples interests in community service and politics.
David King is co-author of The Generation of Trust: Public Confidence in the U.S. 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).