Adam Ziegfeld is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Beloit College. Starting in summer 2014, he will be assistant professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He previously held postdoctoral positions in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago and at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Adam received his Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and, before that, an A.B. from Dartmouth College.
Adam's research examines various aspects of electoral politics, including the formation and evolution of party systems, voting behavior, and clientelism. He is particularly interested in understanding how electoral politics operates in contexts where policy and ideology are relatively unimportant to voters. Most of Adam's work focuses on India, where he has conducted nearly two years of fieldwork, primarily in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Adam's research has been supported by the British Academy, Oxford's John Fell OUP Research Fund, MIT's Center for International Studies, and the National Security Education Program.
Adam's research examines various aspects of electoral politics, including the formation and evolution of party systems, voting behavior, and clientelism. He is particularly interested in understanding how electoral politics operates in contexts where policy and ideology are relatively unimportant to voters. Most of Adam's work focuses on India, where he has conducted nearly two years of fieldwork, primarily in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Adam's research has been supported by the British Academy, Oxford's John Fell OUP Research Fund, MIT's Center for International Studies, and the National Security Education Program.
