The United States Congress: A Simulation for Students

Lauren Cohen Bell is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Professor Bell received her B.A. from the College of Wooster and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at The University of Oklahoma. Dr. Bell's research areas include Congress, the Judiciary, inter-branch relationships, mediating institutions, and drug and health care policy. Dr. Bell was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow during the 105th Congress and her publications include: WARRING FACTIONS: SENATORS, NOMINEES, AND INTEREST GROUPS IN THE FEDERAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS (Ohio State University Press, 2002); WOMEN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF: POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS (with Cindy Simon-Rosenthal, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2003) and SENATORIAL DISCOURTESY: THE SENATE'S USE OF DELAY TO SHAPE THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY (Political Research Quarterly, 2001). Courses taught include Introduction to American Government, Congress, The Presidency, Political Analysis, Constitutional Law, Introduction to Public Policy, and Race and Gender in American Politics.