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Russell Muirhead
Profile
Russell Muirhead is an American academic, author, and politician currently serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the Grafton 12th district. A specialist in American political thought and democratic theory, he holds the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics chair at Dartmouth College. Muirhead has authored several books on partisanship and the administrative state, including 'A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy'. Since his election to the state legislature in 2020, he has focused on campaign finance reform and election law.
Details
- Born
- December 28, 1965 · 60 years old
- Birth place
- Manchester, New Hampshire
- Education
- Manchester Central High School, Harvard College (BA), Balliol College, Oxford (BA), Harvard University (PhD)
- Career
- Assistant professor at Williams College, assistant and associate professor at Harvard University, associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin
