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2023: A Year in Review
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2023: A Year in Review

2023: A Year in Review As 2023 draws to a close, we at the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) wanted to take the time to reflect on our accomplishments this year. This included but was not limited to the following:The release of our Legislative Effectiveness Scores for the 117th Congress.Announcing the recipients of our 2023-2024 small grant awards.Hiring our new Senior Program Associate, George Hadijski.Introducing new members of our Center Affiliate teams, including Christian Fong, Ju Yeon (Julia) Park, Andrew Pennock, Fred Gui, and Arjun Vishwanath.Hosting our 5th Annual Research…

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December 20, 2023
Meet our Senior Program Associate: George Hadijski
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Meet our Senior Program Associate: George Hadijski

Meet our Senior Program Associate: George Hadijski The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is pleased to officially introduce George Hadijski as our new Senior Program Associate. In this role, he will be responsible for increasing the use of the CEL’s research by lawmakers, their staffs, and their influencers.Prior to the CEL, George worked at the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), where he was responsible for the oversight and management of CMF's training and management consulting services provided to US House and Senate offices, the joint legislative operations training program conducted in…

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November 1, 2023
Center for Effective Lawmaking 2022-2023 Annual Report
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Center for Effective Lawmaking 2022-2023 Annual Report

Center for Effective Lawmaking 2022-2023 Annual Report We are proud to present the Center for Effective Lawmaking Annual Report for 2022-2023. Here you will see highlights from the last academic year showcasing the accomplishments of the Center in promoting the generation, communication, and use of new knowledge about the effectiveness of individual lawmakers and U.S. legislative institutions, as well as our plans and goals for the future. These include but are not limited to:The release of our Legislative Effectiveness Scores for the 117th CongressAnnouncing the recipients of our 2022-2023 small…

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October 30, 2023
Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Andrew Pennock
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Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Andrew Pennock

Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Andrew Pennock The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is excited to introduce one of our newest faculty affiliates, Andrew Pennock. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia (UVA). While at UVA, Professor Pennock has leveraged his relationship with Virginia state legislators to establish Batten as an influential force for policy development in the state. He serves in a number of capacities at UVA including as an elected member…

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October 27, 2023
Meet our Research Affiliates: Fred Gui and Arjun Vishwanath
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Meet our Research Affiliates: Fred Gui and Arjun Vishwanath

Meet our Research Affiliates: Fred Gui and Arjun Vishwanath The Center for Effective Lawmaking is happy to introduce Fred Gui and Arjun Vishwanath as two of our newest postdoctoral research affiliates.Fred Gui is a postdoctoral research associate at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. His research interests include American political institutions, interest groups, state and local politics, and racial and ethnic politics. His most recent project examines the impact of having racial diverse staffers on the corresponding legislators' choices to sponsor and…

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October 12, 2023
Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Ju Yeon (Julia) Park 
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Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Ju Yeon (Julia) Park 

Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Ju Yeon (Julia) Park  The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is excited to introduce Ju Yeon (Julia) Park as one of our newest Faculty Affiliates. Professor Park is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University. Previously, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Government at the University of Essex in Colchester, UK, and received her doctoral degree in Politics from New York University in New York, NY. Professor Park has also completed postdoctoral research at both the University…

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October 10, 2023
Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Christian Fong
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Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Christian Fong

Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Christian Fong The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is happy to announce one of our newest Faculty Affiliates, Christian Fong. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, teaching classes at both the undergraduate and PhD level. Previously, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, Professor Fong served as an economic policy advisor to Senator Mike Lee. In addition, he spent three years as a Graduate Research Fellow for the National Science Foundation and completed a PhD in Political Economics at the…

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October 9, 2023
2022: A Year in Review
About the CEL

2022: A Year in Review

2022: A Year in Review As 2022 draws to a close, we at the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) wanted to take the time to reflect on our accomplishments and what lies ahead in the new year, as well as to thank you for your contributions to the CEL. We are proud to present the Center for Effective Lawmaking Annual Report for 2021-2022. Here you will see highlights from the last academic year, including: Hosting our 3rd and 4th Annual Research Conferences, as well as the respective recipients of the…

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December 19, 2022
Meet our new Advisory Board Member: Congressman Tom Davis
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Meet our new Advisory Board Member: Congressman Tom Davis

Meet our new Advisory Board Member: Congressman Tom Davis The Center for Effective Lawmaking is excited to welcome Congressman Tom Davis to our Board of Advisors. Davis served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1995-2008. He served as chairman of both the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where he led a number of high-profile investigations, and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). When he joined Congress, he was the first freshman representative in 50 years to hold a subcommittee chairmanship, taking the gavel of the…

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November 17, 2022
Meet our Graduate Affiliates: Patrick Buhr and Emily Cottle Ommundsen
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Meet our Graduate Affiliates: Patrick Buhr and Emily Cottle Ommundsen

Meet our Graduate Affiliates: Patrick Buhr and Emily Cottle Ommundsen The Center For Effective Lawmaking is excited to introduce Patrick Buhr and Emily Cottle Ommundsen as two of our newest Graduate Affiliates.   Buhr is a doctoral student at Vanderbilt University studying the U.S. Congress and federal bureaucracy. He is also a teaching assistant for classes that discuss the legislative process and public administration, and seek to educate young Americans on the inner workings of the government and to engage them with current political processes. Buhr earned his undergraduate degree from the University of…

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October 25, 2022

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