David T. Canon

David T. Canon is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, and racial representation. He is the author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress; Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize); The Dysfunctional Congress? (with Kenneth Mayer); and various articles and book chapters. He served a term as the Congress editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly. He is an AP consultant and has taught in the University of Wisconsin AP Summer Institute for U.S. Government and Politics since 1997. Professor Canon is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.

David T. Canon

David T. Canon is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, and racial representation. He is the author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress; Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize); The Dysfunctional Congress? (with Kenneth Mayer); and various articles and book chapters. He served a term as the Congress editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly. He is an AP consultant and has taught in the University of Wisconsin AP Summer Institute for U.S. Government and Politics since 1997. Professor Canon is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.

Books by David T. Canon

  • American Politics Today

    David T. Canon, William T. Bianco

    Third Full Edition, Ebook Folder, 2013

    Politics is about conflict and compromise.
  • American Politics Today

    David T. Canon, William T. Bianco

    Third Core Edition, Ebook Folder, 2013

    Politics is about conflict and compromise.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Third Essentials Edition, Ebook Folder, 2013

    All the tools students need to understand American politics—in a briefer text.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Fifth Edition, Hardback, 2017

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Core Fifth Edition, Paperback, 2017

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Fifth Edition, Paperback, 2017

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Essentials Fifth Edition, Paperback, 2017

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Fifth High School Edition, Paperback, 2017

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Fifth Ap® Edition, E Book, 2018

    How politics really works and why it matters.
  • American Politics Today

    William T. Bianco, David T. Canon

    Fifth Ap® Edition, Paperback, 2022

    How politics really works and why it matters.