David F. Damore’s Homepage

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Brookings Institution

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Governance Studies

david.damore@unlv.edu
Tel: (702) 895-3217
Fax: (702) 895-1065

4505 South Maryland Parkway, Box 455029
Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5029

David Damore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at UNLV where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American Politics and Research Methods. He is also developing curriculum for the recently created Brookings Minor in Public Policy being offered in coordination with the Brookings Mountain West.

Dr. Damore’s research interests are the study of campaigns and elections and public policy at the state and national levels. His present research focuses on assessing how direct democracy is used as a tool of policy making in the American states and he is beginning work on book length manuscript examining the political and economic consequences of Nevada’s geography.

In addition to his position at UNLV, Dr. Damore is a Nonresident Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program, a key vote advisor to Project Vote Smart, blogs about Nevada politics for Latino Decisions, and he regularly comments on Nevada governmental and political issues for local, national, and international media outlets.

Dr. Damore earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis (2000), his M.A. from the University of Georgia (1995), and his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego (1992) all in Political Science. He lives in Henderson, Nevada with his wife Andrea and their sons Jacob and Nicholas. The Damores are avid fans of the New York Yankees and the Oakland Raiders.