Alexander Keyssar


Alexander Keyssar is an American historian, and the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard University.

Life

He graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in the History of American Civilization. He taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He chaired the Social Science Research Council's National Research Commission on Voting and Elections.
His current research interests include election reform, the history of democracies, and the history of poverty.
He writes for the Huffington Post.

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