Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D. UC-Berkeley, 2002
State Politics, Legislatures and Legislative Elections, and California Politics
Kousser joined the faculty Fall Quarter, 2003. His publications include work on term limits, the initiative process, voting by mail, reapportionment, campaign finance laws, the blanket primary, health care policy, and European Parliament elections. He is the author of Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2005), a co-author of Adapting to Term Limits: Recent Experiences and New Directions (Public Policy Institute of California, 2004), a co-editor of The New Political Geography of California (Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2008), and a co-author of The Logic of American Politics, 4th Edition (Congressional Quarterly Press). He is a recipient of the UC San Diego Academic Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award, serves as co-editor of the journal State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and has worked as a staff assistant in the California, New Mexico, and United States Senates.
Contact Information
Office: SSB
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Phone: (858) 534-3239
E-mail: tkousser@ucsd.edu
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