Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Arjun Vishwanath

The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is delighted to introduce Arjun Vishwanath as one of our newest faculty affiliates, having recently been one of our postdoctoral research affiliates. He is an assistant professor in the Political Science department at Boston University. His research focuses on representation, public opinion, and legislative politics in American politics.

Professor Vishwanath is working on a book manuscript on how American citizens’ values are represented by their members of Congress. His other research explores the role of values and ideology in public opinion along with the effects of electoral institutions on representation. His work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science and Studies in American Political Development. He received his PhD from Harvard University in Government in 2023 and his BA from Swarthmore College in Political Science and Mathematics in 2016.

The CEL is excited to support Professor Vishwanath’s continuing research in the field of effective lawmaking, and we are grateful to have him on our team.