Eric Schickler is Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Professor of Political Science and co-Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of seven books, including Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era (with Paul Pierson); Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power (2016, with Douglas Kriner) and Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932-1965, winner of the Woodrow Wilson Prize for the best book on government, politics or international affairs published in 2016. Schickler was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2017. Read more about Professor Schickler here.
Schickler and Cristina Mora were named co-directors of the Institute of Governmental Studies on July 1, 2020.