Associate Professor
Environmental Research Building 2159
JulieVanDuskyAllen@boisestate.edu
Biography
Dr. VanDusky’s research within comparative politics focuses on formal and informal institutions, political parties, legislative organization, political participation, and support for and satisfaction with democratic outcomes.
Dr. VanDusky is also a member of a collaborative research team that examines government responses to COVID-19 throughout the world.
Within international relations, Dr. VanDusky’s research focuses on how US troop deployments influence host-state defense spending.
Selected Articles
Clientelism by Committee: The Effect of Legislator–Constituent Relationships on Legislative Organization. Political Research Quarterly, May 31, 2019
COVID-19 Policy Response and the Rise of the Sub-National Governments, Canadian Public Policy, December 2020
The Effect of Partisan Representation at Different Levels of Government on Satisfaction with Democracy in the United States. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, April 22, 2021
The Localized and Spatial Effects of US Troop Deployments on Host-State Defense Spending. Foreign Policy Analysis, October 2016
How America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states. The Conversation, May 12, 2021