- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. Middlebury College
BIO
Alex Garlick’s research focuses on legislative institutions in the United States, namely Congress and the state legislatures. He investigates the impact of interest group lobbying on political and policy outcomes, ranging from political polarization to the cost of health care. His book Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive is due to be published by Oxford University Press. His book shows how the circumstances where lobbying is most effective overlap with the health care industry’s desire to stem cost containment legislation.
Professor Garlick’s work has been published in a number of journals, including the Annual Review of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Interest Groups and Advocacy, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. He has provided commentary to several outlets, including the US News and World Report and National Public Radio. He specializes in quantitative research methods, and has produced datasets on  in the states, state legislative  a²Ô»å that are publicly available.
Before joining the ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë political science department, Professor Garlick was a faculty member at The College of New Jersey, and a 2016-17 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A. from Middlebury College. He has also worked on local and national electoral campaigns and is originally from Needham, Massachusetts where he was an elected member of Town Meeting.
Publications
Area(s) of expertise
American Politics, Congress, and Public Policy. Research on interest groups, legislative politics, and health policy.
Bio
Alex Garlick’s research focuses on legislative institutions in the United States, namely Congress and the state legislatures. He investigates the impact of interest group lobbying on political and policy outcomes, ranging from political polarization to the cost of health care. His book Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive is due to be published by Oxford University Press. His book shows how the circumstances where lobbying is most effective overlap with the health care industry’s desire to stem cost containment legislation.
Professor Garlick’s work has been published in a number of journals, including the Annual Review of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Interest Groups and Advocacy, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. He has provided commentary to several outlets, including the US News and World Report and National Public Radio. He specializes in quantitative research methods, and has produced datasets on  in the states, state legislative  a²Ô»å that are publicly available.
Before joining the ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë political science department, Professor Garlick was a faculty member at The College of New Jersey, and a 2016-17 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A. from Middlebury College. He has also worked on local and national electoral campaigns and is originally from Needham, Massachusetts where he was an elected member of Town Meeting.
Publications
Areas of Expertise
American Politics, Congress, and Public Policy. Research on interest groups, legislative politics, and health policy.