Michael Herron

Michael C. Herron is the Remsen 1943 Professor of Quantitative Social Science and Chair of the Program in Quantitative Social Science at Dartmouth College. He previously held the Remsen 1943 professorship in the Department of Government. Herron joined Dartmouth in 2003 as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Government and advanced through the ranks to associate professor in 2004 and full professor in 2009. Prior to Dartmouth, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University from 1997 to 2004. He earned a Ph.D. in Business with a concentration in Political Economics from Stanford University in 1998, an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University in 1995, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Dayton in 1992, and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989.

Herron's research interests include election administration, statistical methods, and game theory. His publications examine topics such as ballot design, voting lines, mail-in ballot rejection, and election fraud allegations. Notable works include "Election Administration Harms and Ballot Design: A Study of Florida’s 2018 United States Senate Race" (with Michael Morse, Marc Meredith, Daniel A. Smith, and Michael D. Martinez; American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming); "Auditing the 2020 General Election in Georgia: Residual Vote Rates and a Confusing Ballot Format" (with David Cottrell, Felix E. Herron, and Daniel A. Smith; Election Law Journal, 2022); "Vote-by-mail ballot rejection and experience with mail-in voting" (with David Cottrell and Daniel A. Smith; American Politics Research, 2021); "Postal Delivery Disruptions and the Fragility of Voting by Mail: Lessons from Maine" (with Daniel A. Smith; Research & Politics, 2021); and "An Exploration of Donald Trump’s Allegations of Massive Voter Fraud in the 2016 General Election" (with David Cottrell and Sean J. Westwood; Electoral Studies, 2018). Herron has received the Hahn-Sigelman Prize for the best article in American Politics Research in 2021, the Elizabeth Howland Hand-Otis Norton Pierce Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching at Dartmouth in 2020-21, and the Best Paper Award from the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association in 2013. He testified before the U.S. House Committee on Administration in 2021 on voting rights and election administration.

Professional Email: Michael.C.Herron@dartmouth.edu