Florian Gawehns
I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Trinity College, CT. From Fall 2025 to July 2026 I served as APSA Congressional Fellow in the D.C. office of U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (Georgia) covering Trade, Defense, and Foreign Policy. In 2025, I served as a Professorial Lecturer at American University in Washington D.C., teaching several classes on U.S. political institutions.
I research the U.S. Congress, party politics, and foreign policy. My work has been published in The British Journal of Political Science, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, the Washington’s Posts Monkey Cage blog, and the German political science journal Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen. In July 2025, I graduated with my PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park.
You can reach me via florian.gawehns@trincoll.edu
NEWS
February 3-4, 2027 – Workshop on “Congressional Bipartisanship in Foreign Policy” in Washington D.C. – Featured Speaker
January 13-15, 2027 – SPSA Annual Conference in St. Pete Beach, FL
- Presenter: “Signaling from the Hallway: Office Door Displays as Symbolic Representation in Congress”
October 6, 2026 – Film Screening at Trinity College “The People vs. Politics” – Panelist
September 3-6, 2026 – APSA Annual Conference in Boston, MA:
- Presenter: “The Legislative Effectiveness of Party Factions: The Case of the House Freedom Caucus.”
- Chair: Bipartisanship, Polarization, and Negotiation in Legislatures
- Chair: Voice, Exit, and Competition inside Political Parties
July 2026 – Completed APSA Congressional Fellowship in the U.S. Senate
