Thomas Brunell

Thomas L. Brunell (born 1968) is an American political scientist^[1] and professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.^[2]

Thomas L. Brunell
Born	1968 (1968) California
Alma mater	University of California, Irvine
Scientific career
Thesis	Short-term versus Long-term Forces in U.S. Senate Elections  (1997)
Academic advisors	Bernard Grofman

Brunell studied political science and earned a Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of California, Irvine.^[3] His research and teaching mainly focus on American politics - elections, Congress, political parties, and redistricting. In 2008, he published a book titled Rethinking Redistricting: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America.^[4]

In 2017, he was mentioned as a possible nominee to direct the U.S. Census Bureau^[5] but withdrew his nomination after controversy^[6] over government experience.^[7][8][9]

Selected books

• Brunell, Thomas L. (2008). Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415964531.^[10][11]

References

1. "Census Bureau". The Census Project. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
2. "Thomas Brunell". profiles.utdallas.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
3. "Brunell CV" (PDF). UT Dallas. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
4. Brunell, Thomas Lloyd (2008). Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415964531.
5. Mervis, Jeffrey (2018-05-16). "Exclusive: The would-be U.S. census director assails critics of citizenship question". Science | AAAS. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
6. Tracy, Abigail. "How Trump's New Census Nominee Could Rig Future Elections". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
7. "A Political-Science View of Trump's Reported Census Pick". www.chronicle.com. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
8. Berman, Ari. "Donald Trump's controversial pick to run the 2020 census just withdrew". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
9. Gaddie, Keith (2018-01-05). "Statement from Academic Colleagues Regarding Professor Thomas L. Brunell". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
10. Crespin, Michael H. (March 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. New York: Routledge, 2008. 160p. $130.00 cloth, $29.95 paper". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (1): 187–188. doi:10.1017/S1537592709090422. S2CID 145689981.
11. McKee, Seth C. (April 2009). "Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America. By Thomas L. Brunell. (Routledge, 2008.)". The Journal of Politics. 71 (2): 782–763. doi:10.1017/S0022381609090665.