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Andrew Reeves is the Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and an Associate of the Taylor Geospatial Institute. At WashU, he is an Affiliate of the Center for the Environment, the Division of Computational and Data Sciences, and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity. He has previously held research fellowships at the Hoover Institution at Stanford and at the Center for the Study of American Politics at Yale.

His research investigates the intersections of American political institutions, electoral behavior, and public policy, particularly emphasizing the presidency and executive politics. He examines how political accountability and institutional design shape governance and policy outcomes, making significant contributions to understanding presidential power, voter behavior, and the urban-rural divide. His research also focuses on governmental responses and public opinion toward climate crises as well as local governance, examining how local contexts and institutions influence public policy and democratic representation.

His research has appeared in top political science journals, and he has published two books, both with Cambridge University Press: No Blank Check: The Origins and Consequences of Public Antipathy towards Presidential Power with Jon C. Rogowski ( Amazon | CUP) and The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality with Douglas Kriner ( Amazon | CUP).