Bard Faculty

David O'Connell

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Studies

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Political Studies

Biography:

B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. Research and teaching interests include American political development, religion and politics, political culture, the presidency, and campaigns and elections. His 2011 study of the 1980 presidential campaign, “Situational Gamblers: Prospect Theory and the Commonalities of Presidential Campaign Management,” was published in Presidential Studies Quarterly. At Bard since 2012.

Contact:

Phone: 845-758-6822
E-mail: doconnel@bard.edu