James M Curry portrait
  • Professor, Political Science Department
  • Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Education

  • Ph.D., Government & Politics, University of Maryland
  • M.A., Government & Politics, University of Maryland
  • B.S., Political Science & History, SUNY Brockport

Biography

James M Curry is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. His research centers on U.S. politics and policymaking, with a focus the U.S. Congress. He is author of two books, Legislating in the Dark (2015) and The Limits of Party (2020, with Frances E. Lee), and his research has been published in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and more. Hi work and his writings have been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vox, and elsewhere, and he has provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
Curry received his Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 2011, and previously worked on Capitol Hill in the offices of Representative Daniel Lipinski and the House Appropriations Committee.