Draft:Christopher Howard (political scientist)

Christopher Howard is an American political scientist who is currently Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary.

His work centers on the U.S. social safety net. He has written about programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit. He has opined on U.S. social policy and politics in The Washington Post, CNN , The Hill. He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

He is the author of four books: Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America (2023), Thinking Like a Political Scientist: A Practical Guide to Research Methods (2017), The Welfare State Nobody Knows: Debunking Myths about U.S. Social Policy (2007), and The Hidden Welfare State: Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States (1997). He edited The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy (2015).