Christopher J. Deering
Christopher J. Deering
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
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Professor Deering is co-author of Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, and 1997), co-editor of Interest Groups Unleashed (2013), editor of Congressional Politics (1989). In addition he is author or co-author of articles and chapters on congressional leadership, committees, legislative careers, Congress's role in foreign and national security policymaking, state resistance to federal mandates, the constitutional choices of democratizing nations, and on the language of politics.
Professor Deering recently served as interim dean of GW’s College of Professional Studies (2018-2020) and before that as its senior associate dean. From 2002 to 2008 he served as political science department chair and from 1990 to 1994 he was associate dean of GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. He also served as program director for GW’s Legislative Affairs Program from 1978 until 1992.
From 1990 to 1998 he served as Director of Academic Planning and Development for the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship Program and on the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Advisory Board. He has served on the editorial boards for Legislative Studies Quarterly and Congress & the Presidency. As an APSA Congressional Fellow (1984-85) he served as a legislative aide to Senator George J. Mitchell (D, Maine). He also served as a Brookings Institution Research Fellow in Governmental Studies (1977-78).
American politics, U.S. Congress, comparative legislatures, committees, foreign and defense policy making, interest groups.
Professor Deering's research has focused on the U.S. Congress, congressional committees, Congress's role in foreign and defense policy making, comparative legislatures, policy making, interest groups, and executive branch politics. His most recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Public Policy, International Political Science Review, and Congress & The Presidency. He is co-author of Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, 1997) and co-editor of Interest Groups Unleashed (2012).
PSC 1002 - Introduction to American Politics and Government
Professor Deering is co-author of Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, and 1997), co-editor of Interest Groups Unleashed (2012), and editor of Congressional Politics (1989). In addition to a variety of edited works his research has appeared in American Politics Quarterly, Congress & The Presidency, International Political Science Review, Journal of Public Policy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Publius, and White House Studies.
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975
B.A., University of Southern California,1974
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