CV: /cv/hcreek.pdf

Hometown: Dayton, OH (and all the other places the Air Force sent me)

BA: Texas Christian Univeristy (2006, Political Science with honors)

BFA: Texas Christian University (2006, Ballet)

MA: University of Maryland, College Park (2009, Government and Politics)

Expected Graduation: 2012

First field: American Politics

Second field: Public Policy

Dissertation: Intergovernmental Advocacy and American Federalism

Dissertation Committee: James Gimpel (chair), Frances Lee, Irwin Morris, Wayne McIntosh

Selected article: Federalism and Election Law: Implementation Issues in Rural America (with Kimberly Karnes)

Biography: I was born in Dayton, Ohio but as an Air Force kid I lived in 5 states and a few other countries before moving to Texas for college. I moved to Maryland in the summer of 2007 to begin work on my Ph.D. in Government and Politics.

While living in Texas I worked for the Texas House of Representatives as a legislative aide to State Rep. Lon Burnam and the House Committee on Elections and Ethics. I’ve long been a political junkie with an interest in state-federal relations so I was pleased that in leaving Austin I made the move from a state capital to the nation’s capital - though I still miss the quirkiness of campaigning and policymaking in Texas.

Before coming to grad school I also worked as a strategist for The Tyson Organization, a political consulting firm specializing in campaign strategy and voter mobilization. I continue my love of campaigns and public policy in my political science research.
 

Research interests: American Federalism, Lobbying and Interest Groups, State and Local Government, the Public Policy Process, Immigration Policy, and Election Law.

Other interests: The arts scene in D.C. - galleries, music, museums and theater, as well as biking, yoga, ballet, reading novels, traveling, and learning to cook.

Words of wisdom: "It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs."—Aristotle

Email: hcreek at gvpt•umd•edu