SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, PhD

I am a current Assistant Professor of Political Science at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and incoming Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics at the University of Virginia Batten School.

I research and teach courses on the U.S. Congress, American politics, and political methodology. My work has been published or is forthcoming in Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies and more. I am an author for the textbook Congress Explained 2nd edition, and am currently writing a book on the role of congressional leadership in public policy messaging.

I received my PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. In 2019-2021, I served as an APSA Public Service Fellow for the U.S. House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Prior to attending the University of Maryland, I worked in the U. S. House and Senate as a press secretary and speechwriter. I received my bachelor’s degree in History and Journalism from the University of Alabama, with honors.

Email me at gxx8ay@virginia.edu and find my CV here.