Associate Professor of Political Science

Fellow at the Center in Political Economy

Welcome

Professional Experience

Co-Editor, Legislative Studies Quarterly, February 2006 – February 2009

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

July 2004 – present

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

July 2005 – July 2007 

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona

August 2000 – July 2004 

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona

August 1999 – July 2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona

August 1995 – July 1999

Visiting Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame

January – May 1996

Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Wake Forest University

August 1991 – July 1995

Selected Publications

Crisp, Brian F.  2000.  Democratic Institutional Design:  The Powers and Incentives of Venezuelan Politicians and Interest Groups.  Stanford:  Stanford University Press.

Crisp, Brian F., Scott W. Desposato, and Kristin Kanthak. 2011. “Legislative Pivots, Presidential Powers, and Policy Stability.” The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 27(1).

Crisp, Brian F., Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Bradford S. Jones, Mark P. Jones, and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson. Forthcoming. “The Electoral Connection and Legislative Committees.” The Journal of Legislative Studies. 15(1): 34-50.

Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie, Michael Malecki,  Brian F. Crisp. Forthcoming "Candidate Gender and Electoral Success in Single Transferable Vote Systems." British Journal of Political Science.

Crisp, Brian F., Kathryn M. Jensen, and Yael Shomer. 2007. “Magnitude and Vote Seeking.” Electoral Studies 26(4):  727-734.

Crisp, Brian F., 2007. "Incentives in Mixed Member Electoral Systems: General Election Laws, Candidate Selection Procedures, and Cameral Rules." Comparative Political Studies 40(12): 703-716.

Crisp, Brian F., Kristin Kanthak, and Jenny Leijonhufvud. 2004. "The Reputations Legislators Build: With Whom Should Representatives Collaborate." American Political Science Review 98(4): 703-716.

Crisp, Brian F., and Felipe Botero. 2004. "Multi-Country Studies of Latin American Legislatures." Legislative Studies Quarterly 29(3): 329-356.

Crisp, Brian F., Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Bradford S. Jones, Mark P. Jones, and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson. 2004. “Electoral Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies.” The Journal of Politics 66(3): 823-46.

Crisp, Brian F., and Scott W. Desposato. 2004. “Constituency Building in Multimember Districts: Collusion or Conflict?” The Journal of Politics 66(1): 136-156.

Johnson, Gregg B. and Brian F. Crisp. 2003. “Mandates, Powers, and Policies.” American Journal of Political Science 47(1): 127-141.

Crisp, Brian F., and Rachael E. Ingall. 2002. “Institutional Engineering and the Nature of Representation: Mapping the Effects of Electoral Reform in Colombia.” American Journal of Political Science 46(4): 733-748.

Ingall, Rachael E., and Brian F. Crisp. 2001. “Determinants of Home Style: The Many Incentives for Going Home in Colombia.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 26(3): 487-511.