Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. Before arriving to UO, I was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University (AY 2020) and received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
My research focuses on public opinion, political parties, Congress, polarization and representation. I have published on these topics in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics and Perspectives on Politics.
My book project uses original archival research, secondary accounts, and under-utilized public opinion data to understand the role of the mass public and racial realignment in shaping today’s party system in the United States.
Email: obrian [at] uoregon [dot] edu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilOBrian4
Neil O'Brian 