Doctoral Alumnae, Molly Reynolds receives the Carl Albert Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA).

Her dissertation was titled, Exceptions to the Rule: Majoritarian Procedures and Majority Party Power in the United States Senate.    

Her committee included Rick Hall and Charles Shipan (co-chairs), Kenneth Kollman, and Elisabeth Gerber.

She will receive this honor at the Annual September APSA Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Reynolds, who earned her PhD in political science and public policy in 2015, is a governance studies fellow with the Brookings Institution. She studies Congress, with an emphasis on how congressional rules and procedures affect domestic policy outcomes.