Zachary Albert

Assistant Professor of Politics

Departments/Programs

Politics

Degrees

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ph.D.
Fairfield University, B.A.

Expertise

American Politics; Political Institutions; Political Parties; Public Policymaking; Think Tanks; Campaigns and Elections; Campaign Finance; Quantitative Methods

Profile

Zachary Albert is an assistant professor in Politics at Brandeis University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his BA from Fairfield University.

Professor Albert's research and teaching focus on political campaigns and public policymaking, especially through the lens of political parties and in an era of increased partisan polarization. He is currently working on two book projects: the first examines the impact of partisan polarization on policy research efforts by interest groups and think tanks, while the second investigates the positive and negative aspects of "small donor democracy". His work has been published in journals such as American Politics Research, Political Research Quarterly, Party Politics, and Interest Groups & Advocacy.

Courses Taught

POL	53b	Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
POL	101a	Political Parties and Interest Groups
POL	105a	Elections in America
POL	120b	Seminar: The Politics of Policymaking

Scholarship

Albert, Zachary and La Raja, Raymond. "Small Donors in US Elections." Politique Americaine 35. (2021): 15-46.

Boatright, Robert and Zachary Albert. "Factional Conflict and Independent Expenditures in the 2018 Democratic House Primaries." Congress and the Presidency 48. 1 (2021): 50-77.

Albert, Zachary and Raymond La Raja. "Who Should Decide the Party's Nominee? Understanding Public Attitudes Toward Party Nominations." Party Politics (2020).

Albert, Zachary. "Click to Subscribe: Interest Group Emails as a Source of Data." Interest Groups & Advocacy 9. (2020): 384-395.

Albert, Zachary and David Barney. "The Party Reacts: The Strategic Nature of Endorsements of Donald Trump." American Politics Research 47. 6 (2019): 1239-1258.

Albert, Zachary. "Partisan Policymaking in the Extended Party Network: The Case of Cap-and-Trade Regulations." Political Research Quarterly (2019).

Albert, Zachary. Partisan Policymaking: Research and Advocacy in an Era of Polarization. Diss. University of Massachusetts, Amherst: 2019.

Albert, Zachary and Raymond J La Raja. "Political Parties and Policy Analysis." Policy Analysis in the US. Ed. John Hird. Bristol: Policy Press, 2018

Albert, Zachary and Raymond J La Raja. "Campaign Spending." Sage Handbook of Electoral Behavior. Ed. Kai Arzheimer, Jocelyn Evans and Michael Lewis-Beck. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2017

Rhodes, Jesse H. and Zachary Albert. "The Transformation of Partisan Rhetoric in American Presidential Campaigns, 1952-2012." Party Politics 23. 5 (2017): 566-577.