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 teaching
the first course in the newly 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.
2011 Southern Nevada Legislative Scorecard