Mark J. Rozell is a political scientist. He is the dean and Ruth D. and John T. Hazel chair in public policy at the

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. His research concerns various topics in United States politics and government such as executive privilege, the presidency, the intersection of religion and politics, and federalism, among other topics.

Education and career

Rozell received his BA from

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in 1982. He went on to complete an MA in public administration at the

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in 1983, and a PhD from the same institution in 1987. Among his books are ''Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability'' (2020, University Press of Kansas)'','' and the co-written volumes ''The Unitary Executive: A Danger to Constitutional Government'' (2020, University Press of Kansas)'', Federalism: A Very Short Introduction'' (2019, Oxford University Press), and ''The South and the Transformation of US Politics'' (2019, Oxford University Press). Rozell contributes frequent opinion columns and commentary to major US media such as the ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Hill'', and ''

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''. He writes a twice monthly column on

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politics for

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