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Mark Zachary Taylor
Co-Director — GTDC Program
Associate Professor — School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rich Bldg 208-B
258 4th St NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345
Tel: (404) 385-4571
Fax: (404) 894-0504
mzak(at)gatech.edu
TWITTER feed: @mzak123
BIO:
I am formerly a solid-state physicist, who now specializes in American political economy, international relations, and comparative politics. In my research, I seek to 1) explain why some countries are better than others at science, technology, and innovation; 2) investigate the relationship between the presidency and US economic performance. My research has been published in the following journals:
Foreign Affairs
International Organization
Security Studies
Journal of Business Venturing
Review of Policy Research
PS: Political Science & Politics
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Critical Review
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Journal of Political Science Education
Harvard International Review
In 2024, I received both the Distinguished Teaching Award from my college (for instruction at the undergrad and grad levels) and the Innovation in Co-Curricular Education Award from Georgia Tech’s Center for Teaching and Learning (for the co-design and co-implementation of our GTDC Program).
I also served as Chair of the Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the APSA from 2008-2011.
