Michael A Bailey

Michael A. Bailey serves as the Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government at Georgetown University, jointly appointed in the Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy. His research applies advanced statistical techniques to questions spanning political science, law, and policy, with recent focus on survey methodology challenges in low-response-rate environments.

Key scholarly contributions include analyses of judicial decision-making constraints and welfare policy impacts on geographic mobility patterns. Authored books address modern polling crises and Supreme Court jurisprudence, emphasizing data-driven approaches to institutional behavior analysis.