Political Representation

Elections

Legislative Politics

Education

• Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2016
• B.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2011
• A.A., J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 2008

Research Interests

• Political representation and electoral systems
• Redistricting and gerrymandering 
• Money in politics
• Legislative politics 
• Elections
• Virginia Politics

Recent Publications

Books:

• Keena, Alex, w/Michael Latner, Anthony J. McGann, and Charles Anthony Smith. 2021. Gerrymandering the States: Partisanship, Race, and the Transformation of American Federalism. Cambridge University Press.
• Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. 2016. Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Popular Sovereignty. Cambridge University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles (selected):

• Keena, Alex. (Forthcoming.) Out-Of-State Donors and Legislative Surrogacy in the U.S. Senate. Political Research Quarterly. 
• Keena, Alex, and Amanda Wintersieck. 2022. Ask and You Shall ReceiveAsk and You Shall Receive: The Effects of Negativity and Fundraising Appeals on Facebook. Political Research Quarterly. 
• Keena, Alex. 2019. Who Needs the Wealthy? The Effects of Size Scaling on Money in Senate Elections. Congress & the Presidency 46(2): 235-252.
• Keena, Alex and Misty Knight-Finley. 2019. Are Small Donors Polarizing? A Longitudinal Study of the Senate. Election Law Journal 18(2): 132-144.

Courses

• POLI 320 - Research Methods in Political Science
• POLI 324 - The Science of Elections
• POLI 306 - Congress
• POLI 103 - U.S. Politics and Government
• POLI 490 - Senior Seminar in Political Science
• POLI 322 - State and Local Politics and Government

In the Media

• Why Gerrymandering has Gotten Worse, CBS Sunday Morning, 11/13/2022
• How Voter Suppression Hurts White People, CNN, 9/25/2021