Department of Political Science
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Burdett A. "Bird" Loomis

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Professor

Department of Political Science

Contact Information

Office phone number(s): 785-864-9033
Office: Blake 515
Office hours: on sabbatical


Email Address: bloomis@ku.edu

Vita

Background


Educational Background
Graduated from: University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., Political Science, 1974
University of Wisconsin, M.A., Political Science, 1970
Carleton College, B.A., Government and International Relations,
First Appointed at KU: 1979

Previous Positions: APSA Congressional Fellow, 1975-6; Visiting Scholar, Brookings Institution, 1984, 2000; Director of Administrative Communications, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, 2005; Interim Director, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, 1997-2001; Director of KU Political Science intern programs in Washington D.C. and Topeka, 1984-

Areas of Interest

Brief list of research and teaching interests:

American politics, Congress, Interest Groups, state legislatures


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