Matthew Blackwell

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Matthew Blackwell
Associate Professor of Government

Matthew Blackwell is an Associate Professor of Government and Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. He studies political methodology, with a focus on causal inference, panel data, instrumental variables, experimental design, and missing data. He also studies American politics and is the co-author of the book “Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics” (Princeton University Press) which traces the lasting effects of slavery on political attitudes in the US South.


Contact
617/496-2426
mblackwell@gov.harvard.edu
My Website

1737 Cambridge Street
CGIS Knafel Building, Room 305


Subfields
American Politics | Methods and Formal Theory

Academic Interests
Data Science and Political Methodology | Political Economy & Development | Political Geography | Race & Ethnicity | Voter Behavior

Research Methods
Experiments | Formal Theory | Quantitative Methods | Surveys

Geographic Regions of Study
United States