An Update on Polarizaton

Keith T. Poole is a Professor of Political Science in the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs.  Poole is known for his research on congressional voting, polarized politics, and American political and economic development. He also is well known for co-developing the statistical software package NOMINATE, which is now the standard for analyzing congressional roll call voting.Poole is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology. His work is known by pundits, too. Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning economist and noted commentator, wrote in his New York Times column that Poole's book, Polarized America is "essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what's happening to America." Poole is teaching an undergraduate Honors seminar on "Railroads and American Politics" this semester. The topic combines one of Poole's academic interests: American political and economic development, with one of his hobbies: railroads. In the spring, he will be teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on "The Polarization of American Politics."