Gary Hollibaugh

Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr. is a Professor and Director of the Program in Public Administration in the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (primary appointment) and Department of Political Science (secondary appointment). He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Rochester and previously held appointments at the University of Notre Dame, University of Georgia, and Vanderbilt University. Dr. Hollibaugh uses large data sets, survey research, formal models, advanced quantitative methods, text analysis, and machine learning to understand separation of power politics as well as the behavior of political elites and public employees in the United States. Substantively, his research draws on approaches in political science, public administration, and personality psychology. His research on American politics, separation of powers politics, institutional design, bureaucratic politics, public administration, and elite behavior have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and other leading journals in political science and public administration.