Cassidy Reller 

Welcome!

I’m currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and will be joining the College of the Holy Cross as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Fall of 2026. I received my Ph.D. in the Political Science Department at the University of California, San Diego, in June 2023. My research and teaching interests are in American political institutions, with expertise in political parties, legislative politics, state politics, electoral rules, immigration, and methods. My dissertation demonstrates that minor parties in the United States leverage electoral threats against major parties to receive ideological concessions from the Democratic and Republican Parties. My research has appeared in Electoral Studies, The Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, and Publius.

I am originally from Fremont, Nebraska. I received a BA from Lafayette College in Government and Law and Philosophy in 2016 and my MA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, in 2019. In my free time, I enjoy being outside, hiking, backcountry camping, and kayaking.  I am also a dedicated and perennially heartbroken fan of the Minnesota Vikings and Twins.