Lee Drutman

Curriculum Vita, January 2009

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Cell: 510-725-9510

E DU CAT I O N , A CA D EM I C E M P LOYM E N T , a nd A WA R D S

RESEARCH FELLOW, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Sept. 2008 – June 2009

• Awarded fellowship to complete work on Ph.D. dissertation, “The Ever-
Expanding Business of Business Lobbying: Why corporate lobbying is
Washington’s biggest growth industry.”
PH.D. C ANDIDATE , CHARLES AND LOUISE T RAVERS DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE ,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY Aug. 2004 – June 2009 (expected)
• Dissertation Committee: Henry Brady (Chair), Paul Pierson, David Vogel,
and Neil Fligstein.
• Worked with Henry Brady, Sidney Verba, and Kay Schlozman to gather and
analyze extensive data on business lobbying in American politics as part of a
project on organized interests in American democracy.
• Worked with Paul Pierson and Jacob Hacker to find possible interest group
explanations for shifts in U.S. tax and economic policy that benefited the
very wealthiest Americans.
• Worked with David Vogel to coordinate a monthly lecture series, “Business
and Government.”
• Took classes in American government, public administration, political
behavior, statistical analysis, formal methods, and comparative political
economy; 3.8 GPA.

B.A. IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN L ITERATURE , BROWN UNIVERSITY Dec. 1999

• Awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude honors.

P UBLI S H E D W O R K

L EE DRUTMAN AND CHARLIE C RAY. 2004. The People’s Business: Controlling

Corporations and Restoring Democracy. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Press.
(foreword by Ralph Nader)

DORIE APOLLONIO, BRUCE E. C AIN , AND L EE D RUTMAN, “ACCESS AND LOBBYING: LOOKING BEYOND
THE CORRUPTION PARADIGM ,” H ASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL L AW QUARTERLY, VOLUME 36, ISSUE 1,
2008

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 M A NU S CR I P T S I N P R OG R E S S

PH.D. DISSERTATION: THE EVER -EXPANDING BUSINESS OF BUSINESS LOBBYING: WHY CORPORATE
LOBBYING IS WASHINGTON’S BIGGEST GROWTH INDUSTRY

“T RADE ASSOCIATIONS, FIRM LOBBYING , AND CLUB GOODS: HOW THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATIONS BOTH SUPPRESS AND STIMULATE INDIVIDUAL FIRM LOBBYING.”
• Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2009

P R E S E N TA T IO N S

“CORPORATE LOBBYING IN AMERICAN POLITICS ,” WITH HENRY BRADY, K AY SCHLOZMAN , AND

SIDNEY VERBA.
• Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 2007

“POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY AMERICAN CORPORATIONS,” WITH HENRY BRADY, K AY SCHLOZMAN , AND

SIDNEY VERBA.
• Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois, April 2007

T EA CH I N G
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR , RESEARCH S EMINAR Sept. 2007-May 2008
University of California, Washington Center
• Worked closely with 13 students per semester to help them write 30-page
research papers.

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR , THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY Jan. 2007-May 2007

University of California, Berkeley
• Led two discussion sections for Lecturer Terri Bimes’ undergraduate course
on presidential politics.

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR , V ARIETIES OF CAPITALISM Aug. 2005-Dec. 2005

University of California, Berkeley
• Led two discussion sections for Professor Steven Vogel’s undergraduate
course on comparative political economy.

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR, CLASSICTHEORIES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Jan. 2005-May 2005

University of California, Berkeley
• Led two discussion sections for Professor Alan Karras’ undergraduate
course on the history of political economy.

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 A CA D E M I C S E R V I C E

CHAIR /DISCUSSANT
• “Interest Group and Social Movement Strategy,” Panel at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April
2009

ANONYMOUS REVIEWER
• American Politics Research
• Business and Politics

WORK E XPERIEN CE

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, Citizen Works Jan. 2002 – Aug. 2004

• Coordinated media strategy for Citizen Works, a Washington, D.C.-based
non-profit organized to advance citizen participation in democracy; Served
as organization spokesperson, appearing widely in print, on radio, and,
occasionally, on television.

FREELANCE BOOK REVIEWER , The Los Angeles Times Aug. 2005 – present
• Reviewing non-fiction (mostly political and business) books for the Los
Angeles Times.

FEELANCE OP-ED WRITER , The Providence Journal Aug. 1998 – present

• Contributing opinion pieces on a wide range of political, cultural, and
economy issues.

STAFF WRITER , The Philadelphia Inquirer March 2000 – Jan. 2002

• Reported on the happenings of several towns in suburban Philadelphia.
• Wrote enterprise stories that sometimes appeared on the front page.

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