Maxwell Palmer
Associate Professor, Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
- Education
- B.A., Bowdoin College
M.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., Harvard University - Office
- PLS 221
- mbpalmer@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617.358.2654
Maxwell Palmer was selected as an Institute Junior Faculty Fellow beginning in Fall 2017. Maxwell is an Associate Professor of Political Science. He joined the department and Boston University in 2014, after receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science at Harvard University. His research focuses on American political institutions, including Congress, the judiciary, and local government. His current projects examine the returns to office for former politicians, the effects of local political institutions on housing development, and new methods for analyzing redistricting plans and gerrymandering.
- Fellows
- Past Fellows
- Fields
- Hariri Faculty Affiliate