Scott Limbocker

Scott Limbocker is an associate professor of American Politics at the United States Military Academy. He is also the deputy director of the center managing research in the Social Sciences Department at West Point – the Sosh Research Lab. His research covers many topics within American politics, predominantly focusing on the politicization of the executive branch, personnel matters in the federal government, and the presidency. He also has research looking at the role of money in elections as well as work studying civil-military relations within the United States. Some of his work appears in top journals like the Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, Public Administration Review, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. He is also the lead author to several Department of Defense requested white papers. In the classroom, he predominantly teaches research methods and manages all cadet theses in the American Politics program at West Point.