| Kenneth Shepsle | |
| Birth Date: | September 10, 1945 |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Alma Mater: | University of Rochester University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Thesis Title: | Essays on risky choice in electoral competition |
| Thesis Url: | https://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?recPointer=0&bibId=835865 |
| Thesis Year: | 1970 |
| School Tradition: | Rochester school[1] |
| Discipline: | Political science |
| Workplaces: | Harvard University Washington University in St. Louis |
Kenneth Shepsle (born September 10, 1945) is an American political scientist who is influential for rational choice scholarship.[2] He is George D. Markham professor of government at Harvard University, and a research associate at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science there.[3] He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences.[4] [5]
As an undergraduate, he majored in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His doctorate is from University of Rochester.