Maxwell Palmer
Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University
Boston University College of Arts & Sciences
Maxwell Palmer is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University and a faculty fellow at the Initiative on Cities. He studies Congress, electoral institutions, and local politics, with a focus on how institutions and rules impact representation and policy outcomes. His book, Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis, was published in 2019 by Cambridge University Press. He received his PhD in political science from Harvard University in 2014.
Areas of Expertise
- Policy
- Political Science
- Voting Rights
Methodology
- Interviews
- Mixed Methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Quantitative Methods
- Survey Methods and Questionnaires
- Geographic Analysis (GIS)
- Affiliates
- Inaugural - Faculty