Howard Rosenthal (political scientist)
Howard Lewis Rosenthal (March 4, 1939 – July, 28 2022) was an American political scientist who was professor of politics at New York University. He also taught at Carnegie-Mellon University and Princeton University, where he was the Roger Williams Straus professor of social sciences.
Howard Rosenthal | |
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| Born | March 4, 1933 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 28, 2022 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University (1966 - 1993) Princeton University (1993 - 2005) |
| Main interests | Political economy, American politics, political methodology, comparative politics |
Rosenthal is known for developing the multidimensional scaling application NOMINATE along with Keith T. Poole, a tool used by political scientists to compare the relative ideologies of current and past members of Congress. He authored numerous books and journal articles, including Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy with Alberto Alesina and Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches with Nolan McCarty and Keith T. Poole.
His main areas of interest included the study of political economy, American politics, political methodology, and comparative politics.