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Dr. Daniel Palazzolo

Professor of Political Science
  • Profile

    Dr. Daniel Palazzolo teaches courses American government, the United Congress, and selected topics on American politics. His scholarship has centered on the US Congress, with particular emphasis on leadership and budget politics. His most recent research interest is on the relationship between politics and sports. He has offered a senior seminar on Politics, Sports, and the Pursuit of Happiness and is working on a book length manuscript under the same title with colleague and co-author Dr. Tom Morris. He is also working with Dr. Sean Theriault on a study of coalition building in Congress in an era of partisan polarization.

    Dan is also Co-director, along with Dr. Terry Price, of the Gary L. McDowell Institute at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He has also held several administrative positions at the University of Richmond: Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Chair of the Department of Political Science. Coordinator of the DC Initiative, and Special Assistant to the President for Academic Affairs.

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    • Grants and Fellowships

      University of Richmond Summer Fellowship 2011
      American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow: 1996-97
      University of Richmond Summer Fellowship 1996
      University of Richmond Summer Fellowship 1990
      Robert Horwitz Fellow, 1989
      Dirksen Congressional Center Fellow, 1988-1989
      Bradley Fellow, 1987- 1989

    • Awards

      Faculty Member of the Year, Richmond College Student Government Association, 2016-17
      Faculty Member of the Year, Spider Athletics, 2015-16
      Career Development Center, Faculty Member of the Year, 2009-10
      Richmond College Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year, 2007-08
      Omicron Delta Kappa, Professor of the Year, 1998-99
      Richmond College Student Government Association Faculty Recognition Award, 1995-96
      Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond, 1994 and 1998
      Golden Key National Honor Society, 1995
      National Library Week Faculty Award, Honorable Mention, University of Richmond, 1994
      Brooks-Cole Award, Best Graduate Student Paper, Midwest Political Science Association, 1989

  • Selected Publications
    Books

    Palazzolo, D.J., & Ceaser, J.W., eds. Election Reform: Politics and Policy. Landham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005.

    Palazzolo, D.J. The Speaker and the Budget: Leadership in the Post-Reform House of Representatives. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992.

    Palazzolo, D.J. Done Deal? The Politics of the 1997 Budget Agreement. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House Publishers, 1999.

    Journal Articles

    McGowen, Ernest B. and Daniel J. Palazzolo. 2014. “Momentum and the Media in the 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination,” Presidential Studies Quarterly.

    Palazzolo, Daniel J., Vincent G. Moscardelli, Meredith Patrick, and Doug Rubin. 2008. “Election Reform After HAVA: Voter Verification in Congress and the States.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 38 (Summer): 515-537.

    Palazzolo, Daniel J. and Fiona R. McCarthy. 2005. “State and Local Organizations and the Formation of the Help America Vote Act.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 35:515-36

    Randall Strahan and Daniel J. Palazzolo. 2004. “The Gingrich Effect.” Political Science Quarterly 119:89-114.

    Palazzolo, Daniel J. and Vincent G. Moscardelli. 2006. “Policy Crisis and Political Leadership: Election Law Reform in the States after the 2000 Election.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 6: 300-21.

    Book Chapters

    Palazzolo, Daniel. 2019. “From ‘Exhilarating Days’ to Pragmatic Politics: Bob Michel and the Budget, 1981-1994: Leading on Budget Policy,” in Frank Mackaman and Sean Kelly, eds. Leading the Republican House Minority: The Congressional Career of Robert H. Michel, Lawrence. University Press of Kansas.

    Palazzolo, Daniel J. 2017. “Return to Deliberation? Politics and Lawmaking in Committee and on the Floor,” in William Connelly, John Pitney, and Gary Schmitt, eds. Is Congress Broken? The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock. Washington DC: Brookings.

    Palazzolo, Daniel J. 2013. “Parties, Leaders, and the National Debt,” in Raymond La Raja, ed., New Directions in American Politics, ed. Raymond J. La Raja, New York: Routledge.