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Martin Allen Shefter
Professor Emeritus
White Hall, Room 211
shefter@cornell.edu
607-255-6767
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970
- B.A., summa cum laude in Government and distinction in all subjects, Cornell University, 1964
Overview
Martin Shefter’s teaching and research focus on American political institutions. He has taught lecture courses on the U.S. Congress and on American Urban Politics, as well as seminars on Contemporary American Politics and on the domestic politics of America’s wars. Several of his publications analyze how changes in the international system shape political institutions and the conduct of politics in the United States.
Departments/Programs
- Government
- American Studies Program
Graduate Fields
- American Studies
- Public Affairs
Research
- American political institutions