William G. Howell Explained

William G. Howell
Birth Date:	1971 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Occupation:	Academic, Political Scientist, Author
Known For:	Power Without Persuasion
Website:	University of ChicagoPersonal

William G. Howell (born September 18, 1971) is an American political scientist and author. He is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at Chicago Harris and a professor in the Department of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago.^[1] He has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency.

Education and work experience

Howell attended Wesleyan University as an undergraduate, earning his B.A., with high honors, in 1993. Howell completed his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 2000. He was the recipient of E.E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American politics (2001), by the American Political Science Association and recipient of the best dissertation on the presidency (2001), by the Center for Presidential Studies at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service,^[2] Texas A&M University. Howell taught in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2000-2002, before moving to Harvard University in 2002. He taught in the Government Department at Harvard until 2006 when he came to the University of Chicago. Additionally, he has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.^[3]

Current research

Howell is currently working on research projects on Obama's education initiatives, distributive politics, and the normative foundations of executive power. Howell recently published two books, one with coauthors Saul Jackman and Jon Rogowski entitled The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat (University of Chicago Press, 2013); and the other, with David Brent, entitled Thinking about the Presidency: The Primacy of Power (Princeton University Press, 2013).^[4] He also is the co-author (with Jon Pevehouse) of While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers (Princeton University Press, 2007); author of Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action, one of Choice's Top Academic Titles for 2004, (Princeton University Press, 2003);^[5] co-author (with Paul Peterson) of The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (Brookings Institution Press, 2002); co-author (with John Coleman and Ken Goldstein) of an introductory American politics textbook series; and editor of additional volumes on the presidency and school boards. His research also has appeared in numerous professional journals and edited volumes.

He has published about presidential power and education policy in various media outlets including the New York Times^[6] and the Wall Street Journal.^[7] Howell has published in scholarly journals including the American Journal of Political Science,^[8] American Political Science Review,^[9] International Organization,^[10] Presidential Studies Quarterly,^[11] Foreign Affairs,^[12] Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,^[13] and Journal of Politics.^[14] Howell has been a consultant for the ABC News election decision team since 2013.

Awards

• Inaugural Recipient, Legacy Award for a book, essay or article published at least 10 years prior to the award year that has made a continuing contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics (2015), by the American Political Science Association. (Awarded for Power Without Persuasion).^[15]
• Recipient, William Riker Award for the best book in political economy published in the last three years (2014), by the American Political Science Association. (Awarded for The Wartime President).^[16]
• Recipient, Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best reference book on the American Presidency published in the previous four years (2010), by the American Political Science Association. (Awarded for the Oxford Handbook on the American Presidency).^[17]
• Recipient, D.B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on a congressional topic published in the previous year (2008), by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library. (Awarded for While Dangers Gather).^[18]
• Recipient, Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best book on the American Presidency published in the previous year (2008), by the American Political Science Association. (Awarded for While Dangers Gather).^[17]
• Recipient, Patrick J. Fett Award for the best paper on the scientific study of Congress and the presidency (2005), by the Midwest Political Science Association.
• Distinguished Research Faculty Associate and C. Douglas Dillon Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 2004-2005.

Select bibliography

• Thinking about the Presidency: The Primacy of Power (with David Milton Brent)
• The Wartime President (with Saul Jackman and Jon Rogowski)
• While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers (with Jon C.W. Pevehouse)
• Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action.
• The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools.
• Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2005.

External links

• Howell participates in panel discussion, The Turning Point: A New Agenda for Iraq at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Howell, Ph.D.. uchicago.edu.
2. Web site: Bush School of Government and Public Service - Texas A&M University - Homepage. tamu.edu.
3. Web site: William G. Howell. stanford.edu. 2015-02-06. 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114244/https://casbs-test.stanford.edu/william-g-howell. dead.
4. Web site: Why power-hungry presidents are good for democracy. Futurity. 4 August 2013.
5. William G. Howell.Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2003. . oxfordjournals.org. January 2005 . 69 . 1 . 161–163 . 10.1093/poq/nfi009 . Wert . Joseph L. .
6. News: Howell . William . September 21, 2012 . Just as the Framers Intended . New York Times .
7. Howell, William and Paul Peterson and Martin West, "Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem", Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2012 "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577440390966357830.html
8. Berry, C., B. Burden and W. Howell. 2010. “After Enactment: The Lives and Deaths of Discretionary Programs.” American Journal of Political Science. 54(1): 1-17.
9. Berry, C., B. Burden, and W. Howell. 2010. "The President and the Distribution of Federal Spending." American Political Science Review. 104(4): 783-99.
10. Howell, W. and J. Pevehouse. 2005. “Presidents, Congress, and the Use of Force.” International Organization. 59(1): 209-232.
11. Howell, W., S. Jackman, and J. Rogowski. 2012. “The Wartime President: Insights, Lessons, and Opportunities for Continued Investigation.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 42(4): 791-810.
12. When Congress Stops Wars. foreignaffairs.com. 28 January 2009. Howell. William G.. Pevehouse. Jon C..
13. Howell . William G. . 2004 . Dynamic selection effects in means-tested, urban school voucher programs . Journal of Policy Analysis and Management . en . Wiley Periodicals . 23 . 2 . 225–250 . 10.1002/pam.20002 . 0276-8739.
14. Howell, W. and D. Lewis. 2002. “Agencies by Presidential Design.” Journal of Politics. 64(4): 1095–1114.
15. Web site: William Howell Wins APSA Award. uchicago.edu.
16. Web site: American Political Science Association. apsanet.org.
17. Web site: American Political Science Association. apsanet.org.
18. Web site: Recipients of the D.B. Hardeman Prize presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation - LBJ Presidential Library. www.lbjlibrary.org. 2016-05-14.