I am an Associate Professor in the Department
of Political Science at the University of Kansas.
I was the Academic Advisor to the Dole Institute of Politics in 2011,
Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science from 2010-2011, and
Director of the
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from 2004-2007. Beginning in August 2011,
I am on leave from KU to serve as a Program Director at the
National Science Foundation.
My research focuses on political institutions, especially election rules. I have traveled
extensively in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, including a semester as a Fulbright scholar
in Ukraine and nine election observation missions in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine.
I am a member of the Executive Committee for the Representation
and Electoral Systems Section of the American Political Science Association and was its bibliographer
from 2002-2011.
I have performed outreach about elections with government officials,
the media, and the public in the U.S. and abroad, and have published my
research in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics,
World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly,
Party Politics, Election Law Journal, Democratization,
Europe-Asia Studies, East European Politics and Societies, Nationalities Papers,
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Journal
of Central Asian Studies, and Problems of Post-Communism. I have also published
two books with Palgrave Macmillan: Mixed Electoral Systems: Contamination and
its Consequences (with Federico Ferrara and Misa Nishikawa) and Elections
and Democracy after Communism?.
My current research addresses political accountability, party personnel decision-making,
and elections in post-Soviet societies. More information is
available on my CV.
Related Links
- Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia
- Vse na Vybory - Analyzing Post-Soviet Elections
- APSA Section on Representation and Electoral Systems
Contact Information
University of Kansas, Department of Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Blake Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: (785) 864-9027
Email: eherron [at] ku.edu