Frances E. Lee Explained

Frances E. Lee
Occupation:	Author, professor
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of Southern Mississippi (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (PhD)
Genre:	Political Science

Frances E. Lee, an American political scientist, is currently a professor of politics and public affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.^[1] She previously taught at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Maryland, College Park.^{[2] [3]} Lee specializes in American politics focusing on the U.S. Congress.^[4] From 2014 to 2019, Lee was co-editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly^[5] and is the first editor of Cambridge University Press's American Politics Elements Series.^[6] Her 2009 book Beyond Ideology has been cited over 600 times in the political science literature.^[7] Lee is also a co-author of the seminal textbook Congress and Its Members, currently in its eighteenth edition.^[8]

Lee graduated with honors from the University of Southern Mississippi with a B.A. in English in 1991. In 1997, she completed her PhD in political science at Vanderbilt University. Her doctoral dissertation, "The enduring consequences of the Great Compromise: Senate apportionment and congressional policymaking," was supervised by Bruce I. Oppenheimer.^[9]

Awards

• E. E. Schattschneider Award from the American Political Science Association (1997)^[10]
• D.B. Hardeman Prize from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation (1999 and 2009)
• Richard F. Fenno Award from the American Political Science Association (2009)^[4]
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2019^[11]
• Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association (2021) (with James M. Curry)^[12]

Selected works

Books

• Frances E. Lee and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. 1999. Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Frances E. Lee. 2009. Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee, eds. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress. New York: Oxford University Press. Selected by Choice, the American Library Association's reviews publication, as one of its top 25 outstanding academic titles for 2012. Part of the Oxford Handbooks of Political Science series
• Frances E. Lee 2016. Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Frances E. Lee and Nolan McCarty, eds. 2019. Can America Govern Itself? New York: Cambridge University Press.
• James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee. 2020. The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler, and James M. Curry. 2021. Congress and Its Members, 18th ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Other publications

• Frances E. Lee. 2000.“Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics,” American Political Science Review, 94 (March) 59–72.
• Frances E. Lee. 2003. "Geographic Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives: Coalition Building and Distribution of Benefits,” American Journal of Political Science 47 (November): 713–727. September 2018, p. 3
• Frances E. Lee. 2004. "Bicameral Institutions and Geographic Politics: Allocating Federal Funds for Transportation in the House and Senate,” Legislative Studies Quarterly 24 (May): 185–214.
• Frances E. Lee. 2008. "Agreeing to Disagree: Agenda Content and Senate Partisanship, 1981–2004.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (May): 199–222.
• Frances E. Lee. 2008. "Dividers, Not Uniters: Presidential Leadership and Senate Partisanship, 1981–2004” Journal of Politics 70 (October): 914–928.
• Frances E. Lee. 2013. "Presidents and Party Teams: The Politics of Debt Limits and Executive Oversight, 2001–2013,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 43 (4): 775–791.
• Frances E. Lee. 2015. “How Party Polarization Affects Governance,” Annual Review of Political Science 18 (June): 261–282.
• Frances E. Lee. 2016. “Patronage, Logrolls, and Polarization: Congressional Parties of the Gilded Age, 1876–1896.” Studies in American Political Development 30: 116–127.
• Frances E. Lee. 2018. “The 115th Congress and Questions of Party Unity in a Polarized Era.” Journal of Politics.

Editorial service

As Editor

• Legislative Studies Quarterly (Co-editor) (2014–2019)
• Elements Series in American Politics, Cambridge University Press (2017–present)

Editorial boards

• American Journal of Political Science (2014–2018)
• American Politics Research (2007–present)
• Congress & the Presidency (2007–present)
• Journal of Politics (2007–2009, 2013–2015)
• Legislative Studies Quarterly (2005–2010)

Media

• Interview with Ezra Klein of Vox Media about gridlock.^[13]
• Ezra Klein Show, "Why bipartisanship is irrational."^[14]
• Interview on C-SPAN discussing majoritarian rule in the Senate.
• Frances E. Lee. "Repeal-and-Replace Is Probably Doomed. Congress Rarely Works Along Party Lines," The Washington Post, July 21, 2017.^[15]
• James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee. "A Senate Majority is Overrated. (We Checked.)," The New York Times, November 18, 2020.^[16]
• Frances E. Lee and James M. Curry. "What’s Really Holding the Democrats Back," The Atlantic, April 23, 2021.^[17]
• James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee. "There’s a Curse in Washington, and the Party in Control Can’t Seem to Shake It," The New York Times, October 13, 2021.^[18]
• Interview on New Books in Political Science Podcast, October 6, 2021.^[19]

Further reading

• Web site: Frances E. Lee Princeton webpage.
• Web site: Frances E. Lee | the Federalist Society. Fedsoc.org. January 18, 2018.
• Washington Monthly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frances E. Lee. 2020-06-07. scholar.princeton.edu. en.
2. News: Friday's Public Affairs Discussion Group to tackle Congress's insecure majorities, perpetual campaigns . April 11, 2020 . October 21, 2012.
3. News: Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Permanent Campaign . April 11, 2020 . Case Western Reserve University . October 22, 2012.
4. Web site: Frances Lee . Gvpt.umd.edu . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223205850/https://gvpt.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Lee/Frances. 2015-12-23.
5. Brian Crisp. Christopher Kam. Thad Kousser. Frances E. Lee. General & Introductory Political Science. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 43. 0362-9805. 1939-9162.
6. Web site: American Politics. Cambridge.org.
7. Web site: Google Scholar. Scholar.google.com.
8. Book: Davidson, Roger H.. Congress and its members. Oleszek, Walter J.. Lee, Frances E.. Schickler, Eric. 978-1-5063-6973-0. 16th. Thousand Oaks, CA. 961410670. OL27411806M. July 2017.
9. Web site: Lee. Frances. The enduring consequences of the Great Compromise: Senate apportionment and congressional policymaking. 2020-06-07. catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu.
10. Web site: E.E. Schattschneider Award Recipients. Apsanet.org.
11. Web site: Frances E. Lee. 2020-06-07. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
12. Web site: "James M. Curry and Frances Lee Receive 2021 Gladys M. Kammerer Award". Political Science Now. September 30, 2021 .
13. Web site: Why presidential leadership can't solve gridlock. Youtube.com.
14. Web site: Why bipartisanship is irrational.
15. Web site: Repeal-and-replace is probably doomed. Congress rarely works along party lines. Washingtonpost.com. Frances E. Lee. July 21, 2017.
16. News: "A Senate Majority is Overrated. (We Checked.)" The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2021. The New York Times. November 18, 2020. Curry. James M.. Lee. Frances E..
17. Web site: "What's Really Holding the Democrats Back," The Atlantic, April 23, 2021.. . April 23, 2021 .
18. News: "There's a Curse in Washington, and the Party in Control Can't Seem to Shake It." The New York Times, October 13, 2021.. The New York Times . October 13, 2021 . Curry . James M. . Lee . Frances E. .
19. Web site: James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee, "The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era" (U Chicago Press, 2020) . October 6, 2021 .