Eleanor Neff Powell is the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Powell received her A.B. from Princeton University, M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University, and previously served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.  She is a scholar of American politics with focuses on the United States Congress, political parties and the influence of money in American politics. While her primary research interests lie in American politics, she has secondary research interests in Comparative Politics and Political Methodology. Her research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, and Political Science Research and Methods among other journals. Previously, she's served as President of the Midwest Political Science Association and as a co-founder of Women in Legislative Studies.