Thaddeus Benjamin Kousser University of California, San Diego, USA
Thad Kousser is professor of political science and department chair at the University of California, San Diego. He has served as a legislative aide in the California, New Mexico, and U.S. senates. He is the author of
Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism, coauthor of
The Power of American Governors and The Logic of American Politics, and coeditor of
The New Political Geography of California. Kousser has been awarded the UCSD Academic Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award, has served as coeditor of
State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and serves as coeditor for state and local politics of
Legislative Studies Quarterly.