Christian Grose
- USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
- Academic Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy
Expertise Summary
Expert in American government, political institutions; political representation; the politics of the policy-making process; electoral behavior and campaigns; race, ethnicity, and politics; political and electoral reforms; field and survey experimental techniques to study the behavior of legislators, candidates, and other political elites.
Expertise
- U.S. politics
- elections
- political institutions
- political methodology
- partisanship
- state legislatures
- president and executive branch
- Congress
- congressional campaigns, including midterm Congressional elections
- race and representation
- African American members of Congress
- voting rights policy
- media coverage of elections
- policy shifts caused by health-induced vacancies in the U.S. Senate
Additional Information
- “Congress in Black and White: African-American Representation in Washington and at Home,” 2011
- “Crossing Over: Majority Party Control Affects Legislator Behavior and the Agenda,” 2020
- 2010 Recipient, CQ Press award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the 2009 American Political Science Association meeting
- Research grant, Dirksen Congressional Research Center, 2005-2006
- Edward Artinian award for junior faculty, Southern Political Science Association, 2005
- Carl Albert award for the best 2003 dissertation in legislative politics, American, Political Science Association Legislative Politics section, 2004 recipient
- Travel grant recipient, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/Canadian Political Science Association, 2003
- National Science Foundation, doctoral dissertation research grant, 2000-2002
- Malcolm Jewell award for best graduate student paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association meeting, 2001
USC News
During tonight’s first Biden-Trump debate of 2024, the spotlight will be on how each candidate leverages the elements of political theater to shape the narrative of their campaign.
June 27, 2024
Christian Grose, a seasoned USC pollster and political scientist, offers a deep dive into the world of public opinion polling.
March 07, 2024
The survey by USC, CSULB and Cal Poly Pomona shows many likely voters remain undecided, and that Garvey’s history with the Dodgers isn’t boosting his chances.
February 01, 2024