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James W. Ceaser

Harry F. Byrd Professor

S153 Gibson Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3-4

Degrees

Harvard University, Ph.D. Department of Government

Biography

James W. Ceaser is Harry F. Byrd  Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1976. He has written several books on American politics and political thought, including Presidential Selection, Liberal Democracy and Political Science, Reconstructing America, Nature and History in American Political Development, and Designing a Polity. Professor Ceaser has held visiting professorships at the University of Florence, the University of Basel, Oxford University, the University of Bordeaux, and the University of Rennes. Professor Ceaser is a frequent contributor to the popular press, and he often comments on American Politics for the Voice of America.

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