Dr. Matthew Gritter

• B.A., Political Science and American Studies, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 2002
• M.A., Political Science, The New School, New York, New York, 2005
• Ph.D., Political Science, The New School, New York, New York, 2010

• Public Policy
• Federal Government
• Texas Government

• Social Policy
• Civil Rights Policy

Books

• Republican Presidents and the Safety Net: From Moderation to Backlash. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Press, 2019).
• Undeserving: SNAP Reform and Conceptions of the Deserving Poor. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Press, 2018).
• The Policy and Politics of Food Stamps and SNAP. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).
• Mexican Inclusion: The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012).

Articles and Book Chapters

• “The Kerr-Mills Act and the Puzzles of Health Care Reform.” Social Science Quarterly. August 20, 2019.
• “History of Race and Racism in New Mexico.” and “History of Race and Racism in Tennessee.” Racism in the United States: A State by State Encyclopedia, Patricia Reid Merritt, ed. (Goleta, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2018).
• “Diplomatic Pressure.” in The Cultural Fabric of the Americas, Joshua Hyles, ed. (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Scholars, 2018).
• “Elite Leadership and Racial Liberalism: Dennis Chavez, New Mexico and Anti-discrimination Politics and Policy.” Congress & The Presidency. Vol. 44, No. 1 (Spring 2017).
• “Big Government Conservatism: George W. Bush, Welfare Reform and Food Stamps.” The George W. Bush Presidency: Domestic and Economic Policy, Meena Bose and Richard Himmelfarb, eds. (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science, 2016).
• “The Paradox of Pauline Kibbe and the Origins of Anti-discrimination Policy in Texas.” Journal of South Texas, Spring 2024.
• “Passing A Bill “Nobody Especially Cared About.” Congress & The Presidency. February 23, 2024.
• “Gerald Ford:A Minority Legislator Promoting New Right Lite.” Social Science Quarterly. November 16, 2023.