Mitchel Sollenberger, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science

College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Social Sciences
3095 College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building | 4901 Evergreen Road |
Dearborn, MI
48128
Teaching Areas:
Master of Public Administration and Policy, Political ScienceResearch Areas:
Branches of American Government, Obama Administration, Politics / Political ScienceBiography and Education
Education
PhD Institution: Politics, Catholic University, 2006
Teaching and Research
Courses Taught
Selected Publications
Books:
- (University Press of Kansas, 2012) (With Mark J. Rozell)
- (Carolina Academic Press, 2011)
- (University Press of Kansas, 2008)
Articles:
- 鈥淧residential Studies, Behavioralism, and Public Law,鈥 Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 44, Dec. 2014
- 鈥淭he Origins and Development of Executive Branch Czars,鈥 Journal of Policy History, vol. 25, Fall 2013 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淥bama鈥檚 Executive Branch Czars: The Constitutional Controversy and a Legislative Solution,鈥 Congress & the Presidency, vol. 29, Jan.-April 2012 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淧rerogative Power and Executive Branch Czars: President Obama鈥檚 Signing Statement,鈥 Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 41, December 2011 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淭he Blue Slip: A Theory of Unified and Divided Government,鈥 Congress & the Presidency, vol. 37, May-August 2010
- 鈥淪tatutory Qualifications on Appointments: Congressional and Constitutional Choices,鈥 Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 34, Summer 2010
Book Chapters:
- 鈥淭he Power to Advise and Consent,鈥 in Brien Hallett, ed., The Powers of U.S. Congress: Where Constitutional Authority Begins and Ends (ABC-CLIO, 2016)
- 鈥淧residential and Congressional Relations: An Evolution of Military Appointments,鈥 in Colton Campbell and David Auerswald eds., Congress and Civil-Military Relations (Georgetown University Press, 2015)
- 鈥淩esolved, Presidential 鈥楥zars鈥 Undermine Congress and the Constitution,鈥 in Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive (CQ Press 2014) (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淭he Unitary Executive Theory and the Bush Legacy鈥 in Taking the Measure: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Donald R. Kelley and Todd G. Shields, eds. (Texas A&M University Press, 2013) (With Mark J. Rozell)
Opinion Pieces:
- 鈥淥pen all the Trump visitor logs, starting with the White House.鈥 USA Today, Aug. 1, 2017 (With Mark J. Rozell).
- 鈥淢r. President: Cooperation with Russian Investigation is your best Play,鈥 The Hill, May 26, 2017 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淧residential Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Trump.鈥 The Hill, Jan. 17, 2017 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淧olicy Czars Already Have Too Much Power. Trump Would Make That Worse.鈥 Washington Post: In Theory, March 30, 2016 (With Mark. J. Rozell)
- 鈥淭aking Executive Privilege Too Far,鈥 The Hill, Feb. 16, 2016 (With Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淲hy Congress Needs to Keep Up Heat on Clinton Emails,鈥 The Hill, March 20, 2015 (with Mark J. Rozell)
- 鈥淥bama: The Art of Disguised Unilateralism,鈥 The Hill, Dec. 23, 2014 (with Mark J. Rozell)
Awards and Recognition
Distinguished Research Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2012