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Ron Elving Executive in Residence Government

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Ron Elving
SPA | Government
Kerwin Hall 237
Tuesday & Friday 11 a.m. to noon.
Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 pm.
And by appointment.
Degrees
MA, Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, 1978
MA, English Language and Literature, University of Chicago, 1972
BA, English, Stanford University, 1971

Favorite Spot on Campus
Amphitheater
Bio
Ron Elving is an executive in residence, acting director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and professorial lecturer in the Department of Government in SPA. He had previously been an adjunct professor in the School of Communication and at George Mason University.




He is also an online, on-air and podcast contributor for NPR, where he was Senior Washington Editor from 1999 to 2015. He was previously the political editor for USA Today and for Congressional Quarterly.




He came to Washington in 1984 as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association and worked for two years as staff in the House and Senate before joining CQ in 1987. Prior to that he had been a reporter and state capital bureau chief for The Milwaukee Journal.
See Also
SPA Department of Government
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • GOVT-321 Congress& Legislative Behavior

  • GOVT-321 Congress& Legislative Behavior

Spring 2025

  • GOVT-321 Congress& Legislative Behavior

  • GOVT-321 Congress& Legislative Behavior