Dr. Tracy Roof

Assistant Professor of Political Science
202-O Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-6044
Fax: (804) 287-6833

Teaching:
American government and public policy

Research:
My research looks at the impact of American political institutions on policy development and organized labor's influence on American politics and policy.

Education:
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
B.A., Yale University

Selected Publications:

Book manuscript under review entitled Labored Legislation: Organized Labor's Struggle for an American Welfare State, 1935-2008.

Article in progress entitled “Stalemate: The Senate, the Labor Law, and the Low Rates of Unionization in the United States.”

“Can the Democrats Deliver for the Base? Partisanship, Group Politics, and the Case of Organized Labor in the 110th Congress.” PS: Political Science & Politics 41 (January 2008): 83-87.
 
“CTW vs. the AFL-CIO:  the Impact of the Split on Labor’s Political Action.” International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior 10 (Summer 2007): 245-275.