Keith Schnakenberg

Keith Schnakenberg is Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, where he serves as Director of Graduate Studies. He specializes in formal theory approaches to political institutions, information transmission, and collective decision-making.

His research portfolio includes:

• International climate policy design with variable commitments
• Anger dynamics in political conflicts
• Dark money's impact on voter and politician learning
• Formal models of special interest influence

Published work frequently employs game-theoretic models to examine policy bargaining, electoral accountability, and institutional design. Recent publications in American Political Science Review analyze emotional triggers in conflict and motivated reasoning in democratic systems.

He teaches graduate courses in game theory, theoretical modeling, and empirical methods.