Andre Van Parys

I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate in political science at the University of Rochester. Broadly, I am interested in American political institutions, formal theory, and empirical methods. My research focuses on the questions of how, and to what extent, private interests use their resources to influence public policy. I also have an overarching interest in combining theoretical and empirical methods. Prior to coming to Rochester, I received an M.Sc. in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the College of Charleston.