Frances E. Lee is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Her research focuses on U.S. national politics and policymaking. Professor Lee is author of “Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign” (2016) and “Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate” (2009). In addition, she is coauthor of “In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us” (2025), “The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era” (2020), “Sizing Up The Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation” (1999) and a textbook, “Congress and Its Members.”
Professor Lee’s research has appeared in the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and other outlets.