Frank Baumgartner
Founding Director
UNC Chapel Hill
The US Policy Agendas Project
The team
The US Policy Agendas Project traces the national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War — 25 downloadable files, 19 of them coded series with 897,315 observations. Directed from Syracuse and Austin.
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Leadership
Bryan Jones
Founding Director
University of Texas at Austin
Sean Theriault
Director
University of Texas at Austin
Christopher Faricy
Director
Syracuse University
Derek Epp
Director
University of Texas at Austin
Rebecca Eissler
Associate Director
San Francisco State University
E.J. Fagan
Associate Director
University of Illinois at Chicago
Christine Bird
Associate Director
Oklahoma State University
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Faculty associates
John WilkersonUniversity of Washington
Christopher WlezienUniversity of Texas at Austin
Samuel WorkmanWest Virginia University
Chris KoskiReed College
Amber BoydstunUniversity of California, Davis
Herschel (Trey) ThomasUniversity of Texas at Austin
JoBeth ShafranWestern Carolina University
Jonathan LewallenUniversity of Tampa
Annelise RussellUniversity of Kentucky
Alison CraigUniversity of Texas at Austin
Brooke ShannonUniversity of Memphis
Zachary McGeeKenyon College
Kendall CurtisUniversity of Mississippi
Sarah PralleSyracuse University
Clare BrockColorado State University
Tim LaPiraJames Madison University
Beth LeechRutgers University
Alexandra FilindraUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChristine GuoUniversity of Tampa
Michelle WhymanDuke University
Michael AuslenUniversity of Texas at Austin
Miklós SebőkSyracuse UniversityRoster and project figures: the US Policy Agendas Project at comparativeagendas.net ↗ (as of September 2026). Roster and photographs: the project's own staff list and headshot set, September 9, 2026.
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Research associates
Postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students and analysts working on the project's data series.
Connor DyeUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
Christiana BugriSyracuse University
Daniel LittleUniversity of Texas at Austin
Young Seok (Eric) KimUniversity of Texas at Austin
Amber MorrisSyracuse University
Nicholas D'AmicoSyracuse University
Hannah RadnerSyracuse University
Maddie PopeUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoZander FurnasNorthwestern University
Annika NessUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Grace HartzellUniversity of Texas at Austin
Shruti KhandekarUniversity of Texas at Austin
Adeola AbilawonWest Virginia UniversityStephanie GarzaUniversity of Texas at Austin
J.D. RackeyBipartisan Policy Center
Cheyenne LeeUniversity of Texas at AustinEman Mohammad AlahmadiUniversity of Texas at Austin
Gauthier FallyUniversity of Texas at Austin
Miranda SullivanUniversity of Texas at Austin