Charles Shipan

Charles R. Shipan is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Science at the University of Michigan. He is a professor in the Department of Political Science and a professor (by courtesy) at the Ford School of Public Policy.

Prior to joining the faculty at Michigan, Shipan served on the faculty at the University of Iowa. He also has held positions as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution and as a visiting scholar at Trinity College in Dublin, the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Australian National University. Currently he is a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Copenhagen.

He is the author or co-author of Why Bad Policies Spread (and Good Ones Don't), Deliberate Discretion?, Designing Judicial Review, and The U.S. Congress. In addition, he has published dozens of articles and book chapters on political institutions and public policy. For his research he has received the Herbert Simon Award, the Deil Wright Award, the Richard Fenno Prize, the William Riker Award, and several other honors. In addition, he has received numerous awards for his teaching and his mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students.

Courses Taught

• Introduction to American Politics (undergraduate)
• Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy (undergraduate)
• American Public Policy (undergraduate)
• The Politics of Public Health (undergraduate)
• American Politics (graduate)
• American Political Institutions (graduate)

Affiliation(s)

• Ford School of Public Policy

Field(s) of Study

• American Government
• Public Policy
• Law, Courts, and Politics
• Comparative Government