Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Connor Halloran Phillips The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is excited to announce the promotion of Connor Halloran Phillips from CEL Research Affiliate to Faculty Affiliate. Dr. Phillips is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST). His research examines interest groups, parties, legislatures, and […]| Center for Effective Lawmaking
Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Amy D. Meli The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is excited to announce the promotion of Amy D. Meli from CEL Research Affiliate to Faculty Affiliate. Dr. Meli is an assistant professor of political science at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. Her research centers around interest groups and the way they […]| Center for Effective Lawmaking
The Bipartisan Path Revisited: Collaboration and Legislative Effectiveness in the U.S. States Monday, July 21, 2025 Does bipartisan collaboration enhance legislative success in U.S. state legislatures, as it does in Congress? This Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) working paper extends Harbridge-Yong, Volden, and Wiseman’s (2023) work, which finds that members of Congress are more effective […]| Center for Effective Lawmaking
The Center for Effective Lawmaking is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Award for Best Publication on Effective Lawmaking, which was presented at our Seventh Annual Research Conference held at Vanderbilt University on Monday, June 2, 2025. This year’s award honors Fang-Yi Chiou (Academia Sinica) and Max Goplerud (University of Texas–Austin) for their article, “Effective Lawmaking Across Congressional Eras,” published in The Journal of Politics in 2024.| Center for Effective Lawmaking