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Christopher Howard | |
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Discipline | Political science |
Sub-discipline | Policy analysis, policy history |
Institutions | College of William & Mary |
Main interests | Social policy |
Christopher Howard is an American political scientist who is currently Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary. [1]
His work centers on the U.S. social safety net. He has written about programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit. [2] He has opined on U.S. social policy and politics in The Washington Post [3], CNN [4], The Hill [5]. He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. [6]
He is the author of four books: Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America (2023), Thinking Like a Political Scientist: A Practical Guide to Research Methods (2017), The Welfare State Nobody Knows: Debunking Myths about U.S. Social Policy (2007), and The Hidden Welfare State: Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States (1997). He edited The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy (2015).