Jason S. Maloy

Jason S. Maloy
  • Faculty
  • Professor
  • Kaliste Saloom Endowed Chair

Biography

Professor Maloy teaches courses and conducts research on multiple topics related to democratic ideas and institutions. He is currently the POLS department’s program coordinator for the International Relations concentration. His most recent book, Smarter Ballots (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), offers a realist theory of election reform and democratic accountability, and in 2020 he conducted voting experiments on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and other ballot types with support from the Electoral Reform Research Group at New America. Other research in progress includes a book project on “Democracy after Climate Change.

Education

Ph.D., 2004
Harvard Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø

M.Phil., 1998
Cambridge Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø

B.A., 1996
Brown Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations
  • Political Theory
  • Public Law

Publications

  • 2019. Smarter Ballots: Electoral Realism and Reform. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 2013. Democratic Statecraft: Political Realism and Popular Power. Cambridge Univ. Press.
  • 2008. The Colonial American Origins of Modern Democratic Thought. Cambridge Univ. Press.