I am an assistant professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. I received my Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was a Graduate Research Fellow and the former Project Manager of the U.S. Policy Agendas Project, a member of the Comparative Agendas Project network.
My areas of specialization include public policy and American politics with an emphasis on agenda-setting, the presidency, and information processing. My current work focuses on presidential involvement in the policy process. My publications include articles in American Politics Review, Policy Studies Journal, the Agenda Section Journal, and a book chapter “The Trump Legislative Agenda in it Historical Context” in the Unorthodox Presidency of Donald Trump, published by University of Kansas Press.
My book project, “Prioritizer-in-Chief: The Role of the President in the Policy Process from Reagan to Obama,” examines a puzzle at heart of policy making: why do we believe that presidents are central to the policy making process, while also recognizing that they often struggle to get anything done?
Contact me at reissler@sfsu.edu
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