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Dr. Henson directs the Texas Politics Project, a collection of enterprises designed to encourage informed interest and engagement in Texas politics and government. In that role, he founded and co-directs the University of Texas\/Texas Tribune Poll, the only open-access, public survey of public opinion in Texas. The data sets for those surveys are available in the polling section of the Texas Politics website. He also writes about politics for The Texas Tribune, and is a frequent resource for news media, researchers, and civic and interest groups on Texas politics and government. He also coordinates the Government Department's internship program. He is the principal author of Texas Politics,<\/em> a webtext that incorporates original media and polling data, that is used in introductory Texas government courses across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Henson was appointed to the City of Austin Ethics Review Commission in 2009 by the Austin City Council, and served as chairman of the commission from 2010 to 2012. He is currently a member of the advisory board of The Subiendo Academy in the McCombs School of Business at UT-Austin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"James Henson","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"james-henson","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-04 16:09:11","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-04 21:09:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/second-reading-podcast\/?post_type=speaker&p=608","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"guests":[{"ID":1869,"post_author":"105","post_date":"2026-04-09 13:39:16","post_date_gmt":"2026-04-09 18:39:16","post_content":"\n Associate Dean for Instructional Technology and Facilities; Professor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Moser specializes in the study of electoral systems, political parties, ethnicity and elections, women\u2019s and minority representation, and Russian politics. He has written numerous book chapters and articles on democratization, elections, and political parties in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His articles have appeared in\u00a0World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies<\/em>, and\u00a0Post- Soviet Affairs<\/em>. His research has been funded by SSRC, IREX, and the Ford Foundation. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Robert Moser","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"robert-moser","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-09 13:42:38","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-09 18:42:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/second-reading-podcast\/?post_type=speaker&p=1869","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"transcript":""},"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/second-reading-podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/Second_Reading_Podcast-web.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/second-reading-podcast\/podcast-download\/1868\/a-look-at-the-u-s-war-with-iran-with-professor-rob-moser.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/second-reading-podcast\/podcast-player\/1868\/a-look-at-the-u-s-war-with-iran-with-professor-rob-moser.mp3","audio_player":"
He is the author of\u00a0Unexpected Outcomes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia<\/em>\u00a0(2001) and co-editor, with Zoltan Barany, of\u00a0Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization<\/em>\u00a0(2001), Ethnic Politics after Communism<\/em>\u00a0(2005), and\u00a0Is Democracy Exportable?\u00a0(2009)<\/em>. His latest book, co-authored with Ethan Scheiner, is\u00a0Electoral Systems and Political Context<\/em>\u00a0(2012).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n