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Paul Snell
Paul Snell, PhD
Profession Title
Associate Professor; Politics & Government Department Chair (Spring 2026)
Pacific Email
Office Phone
503-352-2709
UC Box
A165
Campus Office Location
Marsh Hall 232 (Forest Grove)

Areas I Teach

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Education

Ph.D. Political Science. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2017.  Subfields: American Politics, Political Methodology. 

M.A. Political Science. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013.

M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction—Elementary Education. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010.

B.A. Government (Honors). Claremont McKenna College, 2008 (cum laude). 

 

Appointments 

2023- Present, Associate Professor, Department of Politics & Government, Pacific University.

2017-2023, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & Government, Pacific University. 

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Snell, Paul. 2023. “Wittgenstein and Justice as Method.Polity. Vol. 55 #3 (July): 499-508. 

Snell, Paul. 2020. Theoretical Perspectives on LGBT Representation and Party Politics. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. 

Snell, Paul. 2017. “Equality in the House: The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and the Substantive Representation of the LGBTQ Community.” In LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader, eds. Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess, and Cricket Keating. New York: NYU Press.