David C. King

David C. King is an American author, political consultant and professor at Harvard University. He lectures on Legislatures, Political Parties and Interest Groups. Professor King joined the Harvard faculty in 1992.[1]

Professional career

He is currently Lecturer in Public Policy at The Harvard Kennedy School and the Faculty Chair of two programs -

  • Harvard's Program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress
  • Harvard’s executive program for leaders in State and Local Governments.

Harvard Kennedy School

King is the faculty director of Harvard's program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress which introduces officials to the complex legal and ethical issues involved in holding office. He has run similar programs for the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and he has advised on legislative design issues in several countries, including South Korea, Nicaragua, Chile, and Bolivia. Along with John Della Volpe, founder of SocialSphere and Director of Polling at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, King has overseen Harvard's surveys of young peoples' interests in community service and politics.

Speaking

In addition to teaching, King has spoken at numerous Universities on topics ranging from political power to national security:

  • “Median Voters, Sequencing, and the 2012 Republican Primaries,” Ohio Wesleyan University, 2011
  • “U.S. Senate Rules & Procedures,” University of Michigan, 2010
  • “Constitutional Design and Threats to Congressional Power,” Tufts University, 2009,
  • “The Future of the Electoral College,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
  • “The Internet and Politics,” Harvard Law School, 2008
  • Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative, 2008, 2006, 2004,
  • “Youth Movements in U.S. Elections: Past and Present,” Harvard Law School, 2008,
  • Harvard Latino Law, Business & Public Policy Conference, 2008

King has also given testimony before many State and Federal bodies on a number of occasions including:

  • Massachusetts Joint Committee on Election Laws, Boston, 2007
  • The Institute for Social Planning, Moscow, 2007
  • U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security, Washington DC, 2003
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Panama, 2002
  • The Congressional Black Caucus, Washington DC, 2001
  • Committee on Defense, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 1997

Election Reform

In the wake of the 2000 presidential election, Professor King directed the Task Force on Election Administration for the National Commission on Election Reform, chaired by former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. That effort culminated in landmark voting rights legislation signed by President George W. Bush in late 2002. He later oversaw an evaluation and new management structure for the Boston Election Department.

Publications

King is co-author along with Zachary Karabell of The Generation of Trust: How the U.S. Military has Regained the Public’s Confidence since Vietnam, (The American Enterprise Institute, 2003) Turf Wars: How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction, (University of Chicago Press, 1997). He is co-editor with Joseph S. Nye, Philip Zelikow on Why People Don’t Trust Government, (Harvard University Press, 1997). Also published in Japanese (Tokyo: Eiji Shuppan, 2002). He has contributed essays to numerous other books.

References

  1. ↑ HKS Faculty Biography
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