Jeremy Gelman describes his year working in Congress as “almost anthropological.”
From his perch within a Senate office as an American Political Science Association fellow in 2017, he got a firsthand look at how Congress operates, or sometimes falls short of functioning altogether.
That experience spawned nearly a decade of research for Gelman, now an associate professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. The down-to-the-minute precision of his boss’ calendar led him to wonder what other members do all day. It’s a topic he’s currently researching based on archived schedules.
