Thomas Brunell

Thomas Lloyd Brunell (born 1968) is an American political scientist.[1] He is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.[2]

Brunell studied political science and earned a Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of California, Irvine.[3] His research and teaching mainly focus on American politics - elections, Congress, political parties, and redistricting. In 2008, he published a book entitled: "Rethinking Redistricting: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America".[4][5]

In 2017, he was mentioned as a possible nominee to direct the U.S. Census Bureau[6] but withdrew his nomination after controversy[7] over government experience.[8][9][10]

Selected books
  • Brunell, Thomas L. (2008). Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415964531.[4][5]

References
  1. "Census Bureau". The Census Project. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. "Thomas Brunell". profiles.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. "Brunell CV" (PDF). UT Dallas. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. Crespin, Michael H. (March 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. New York: Routledge, 2008. 160p. $130.00 cloth, $29.95 paper". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (1): 187–188. doi:10.1017/S1537592709090422. S2CID 145689981.
  5. McKee, Seth C. (April 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. (Routledge, 2008.)". The Journal of Politics. 71 (2): 782–763. doi:10.1017/S0022381609090665.
  6. MervisMay. 16, Jeffrey; 2018; Am, 7:00 (2018-05-16). "Exclusive: The would-be U.S. census director assails critics of citizenship question". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-02-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. Tracy, Abigail (21 November 2017). "How Trump's New Census Nominee Could Rig Future Elections". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  8. www.chronicle.com https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-political-science-view-of-trumps-reported-census-pick/. Retrieved 2021-01-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Berman, Ari. "Donald Trump's controversial pick to run the 2020 census just withdrew". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  10. Gaddie, Keith; Science, ContributorPresident's Associates Presidential Professor of Political; Oklahoma, The University of (2018-01-05). "Statement from Academic Colleagues Regarding Professor Thomas L. Brunell". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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