John Gilmour
Adjunct Professor
Area:
Department of Government and Public Policy Program
Email:
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CV
{{https://mason.wm.edu/faculty/documents/gilmour_2025_cv, PDF}}Biography
Professor John B. Gilmour received an A.B. degree from Oberlin College, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught in the Department of Government since 1995 and has served as the Director of the Public Policy Program. From From 2022-23 he was President of the W&M Faculty Assembly. He has taught in the Mason School's Major General James Wright MBA program since its inception. He teaches a variety of courses in American politics and public policy.
His research interests center on the United States Congress, and bargaining between Congress and the President. Recent research centers on performance assessment and performance budgeting in the executive branch. He has written two books, Strategic Disagreement: Stalemate in American Politics (U Pittsburgh Press) and Reconcilable Differences? Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (U California Press), as well as articles in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and other scholarly journals.
Areas of Expertise
- American politics, with a Focus on Congress
- The Presidency
- The Federal Budget