Stanford Report, Jan. 14, 2004
Political science professor named deputy director of Hoover
David Brady, the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values in the Graduate School of Business, has been appointed deputy director of the Hoover Institution, effective Jan. 1.
A faculty member since 1987, Brady joined the Hoover Institution as a senior fellow in 1989 and was appointed associate director in 2002. He is also a professor in the Department of Political Science.
Brady, 63, has served in numerous administrative roles on campus, including four years as associate dean for academic affairs in the Graduate School of Business, where he directed the Executive Education Program. Brady also has co-directed the Social Science History Institute and served as associate vice provost for communication in the Provost's Office. Currently, he directs the Stanford Public Policy Program.
Brady earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Iowa in 1970. He is an expert on the U.S. Congress and congressional decision-making, and his current research focuses on the political history of Congress, the history of U.S. election results and public policy processes in general.
Brady has written several books and received the Richard F. Fenno Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on legislative studies published in 1988-89. In 1995 and 2000, he received the Congressional Quarterly prize for the best paper on a legislative topic. In 1991 he received the Phi Beta Kappa award for distinguished teaching at Stanford, and in 1992 he won the Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding service to undergraduate education.
Brady was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences during 1985-86 and in 2001. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
