Meet our Faculty Affiliate: Emily Cottle Ommundsen

The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is excited to announce that Emily Cottle Ommundsen has joined us as one of our newest faculty affiliates, having recently been one of our graduate affiliates. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi, where her research focuses on American political institutions, particularly congressional representation and institutional capacity. Her research has been published in Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, and PS: Political Science & Politics. 

Professor Ommundsen earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her B.A. in Political Science and Religious Studies from Bucknell University. Previously, she worked for both the United States Senate and House of Representatives in personal and committee offices.

The CEL is grateful for the continued insights that Professor Ommundsen will bring and looks forward to further engaging with her research in the field of effective lawmaking.