Zachary Oberfield
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Biography
Zachary Oberfield received his B.A. in Political Science from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Oberfield teaches courses on American politics, public policy, bureaucracy, the presidency, and Congress. Previously he taught at Temple University and at the City College of New York.
Research
Professor Oberfield’s research focuses on poverty, organization socialization, and street-level bureaucracy. He has published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and his dissertation won the American Political Science Association’s Leonard D. White Award for the best dissertation in the field of public administration. He is currently working on a project that examines the effects of leadership diversity on organization functioning and a book based on his dissertation research.
Publications
“Socialization and Self-Selection: How Police Officers Develop Their Views about Using Force.” Forthcoming. Administration & Society.
“Rule-Following and Discretion at Government’s Frontlines: Continuity and Change during Organization Socialization.” 2010. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 20 (4): 735-755.
“Pluralism Examined: Party Television Expenditures Focused on the Latino Vote in Presidential Elections.” 2008. Chapter 13, in Federico Subervi-Velez ed. The Mass Media and Latino Politics. New York: Routledge. With Adam J. Segal.
Courses: Spring 2012, Haverford
Political Science
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