Contact Information:
Office Location: Madera Hall Room 2364
Phone: 805-437-3309
e-mail: sean.kelly@csuci.edu
Sean Q Kelly is Professor of Political Science. Sean is a native of Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. from Seattle University, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Colorado. Sean is a former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow (1993-1994), during which he worked for the Senate Democratic Leadership. He joined the political science faculty at CSUCI after teaching at Niagara University, and before that at East Carolina University. Sean's primary research interests are American political institutions, political parties and leadership, and public policy. He is coauthor (with Scott Frisch) of Committee Assignment Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jimmy Carter and the Water Wars, and Cheese Factories on the Moon: Why Earmarks are Good for American Democracy. He has also co-edited three books, and authored or coauthored articles in scholarly journals and edited volumes.