Brian Highsmith is a Ph.D. student in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University, currently in residence at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs as a Fellow in Law, Ethics, and Public Policy. His research explores connections between institutional design, political geography, and democracy. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2017, he was a Skadden Fellow at the National Consumer Law Center. Before joining NCLC, he worked in DC on domestic economic policy with a focus on income support programs and fiscal policy—including as an advisor at President Obama’s National Economic Council, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the office of Senator Cory Booker.
Contact
bhighsmith@g.harvard.edu
My Website
1737 Cambridge Street
Subfields
American Politics | Comparative Politics
Academic Interests
Democracy | Institutions | Judiciary and Public Law | Legislatures | Political Economy & Development | Political Geography | Public Policy | Race & Ethnicity | Social Policy & the Welfare State | State & Local Politics
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Normative Political Thought | Qualitative Methods
Geographic Regions of Study
United States