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Biography

SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. She studies and teach courses on the U.S. Congress and political methodology. Her work has been published in Legislative Studies Quarterly,Political Behavior, The Monkey Cage, and more, and is an author of the textbook Congress Explained (2nd Edition, forthcoming fall 2025).

SoRelle received her PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. In 2019-2021, she served as an APSA Public Service Fellow for the U.S. House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. Prior to attending the University of Maryland, she worked in the U. S. House and Senate as a press secretary and speechwriter. She received her bachelor’s degree in History and Journalism, with honors, from the University of Alabama.
 

Courses Taught 

POLS 208: Congress and Legislative Behavior 
POLS 299: Research Methods in Political Science
POLS 100: Principles of American Government
 

Recent Publications

Gaynor, S. W. (2024). “”, Legislative Studies Quarterly. 

Hayes, S. and Gaynor, S.W. (2024) “.” Electoral Studies 91, 102835.

Goel, P., Malkin, N., Gaynor, S. W., Jojic, N., Miler, K., and Resnik, P. (2023). “.” PLOS ONE. 

Gaynor, S. W. and Gimpel, J. G. (2023). “” American Politics Research.

Safarpour, A. C., Gaynor, S. W., Rouse, S. M. Swers, M. (2022). . Political Behavior. 

Gaynor, S. W. (2021). , Gaynor, S. W. Legislative Studies Quarterly.