Faculty

Buchanan, Bruce
Professor

Office: BAT 3.122
Office Hours: TTH 10-11:30
Phone: 512-232-7212
bruceb@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Professor Buchanan holds an A.B from Stanford and a Ph.D. from Yale.

Research interests:
Professor Buchanan's specialties are presidential and American politics, American institutions, public policy and political behavior. His books include The Presidential Experience (Prentice-Hall, 1978), The Citizen's Presidency (Congressional Quarterly, 1987), Electing A President (Texas, 1991), Renewing Presidential Politics (Rowman and Littlefield, 1996), The State of the Presidency (ed. LBJ School/Library 2002), Presidential Campaign Quality (Prentice- Hall, 2004) and The Policy Partnership (Routledge, 2004). His 2007 APSA conference paper is entitled "How Americans Judge Presidents: The Evolution of a Typology."

Field(s) of Study: American Politics; Public Policy; Political Behavior