The scholars listed here have been awarded grants by the Center on the American Governor to conduct research about aspects of The American Governor: Politics, Policy, Power and Leadership. The grants program, funded by the Rutgers Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, is designed to attract new attention to a largely unexplored multi-disciplinary academic subject area and to promote the development and dissemination of scholarly research on the role, responsibilities and leadership of the states' chief executives. Research projects will be completed by December, 2013.

American Cicero: Mario Cuomo and the Decline of Liberal Politics in America
	Saladin Ambar Lehigh University
Governor Claude Kirk, Media, and the Politics of Busing
	Matthew Delmont Scripps College
Estimating Gubernatorial Common Space Scores in the 50 States
	Matthew Hall St. Louis University
	Jason Windett St. Louis University
Judicial Decision-Making on Executive Power Challenges in the U.S. States, 1980-2010
	Gbemende Johnson Hamilton College (beginning 2012-13)
Gubernatorial Veto Powers and Legislative Coalitions
	Robert McGrath George Mason University
	Jon Rogowski University of Chicago
	Josh Ryan Bradley University
Unilateral Orders at the State Level
	Brandon Rottinghaus University of Houston
The Female Governor: Policy and Leadership
	Karen Shafer Walden University
Woodrow Wilson and the Pragmatist Tradition in American Politics
	Trygve Throntveit Harvard University
Examining the Role of Governors on Immigration Legislation and Policies
	Sophia Wallace Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (beginning 2012-13)