• B.A., University of Mississippi, Political Science, 2018

Mitchell received his B.A. in political science from the University of Mississippi in 2018, and he is from Senatobia, MS.  While at Ole Miss, he was involved with his academic department as President of the Pi Sigma Alpha chapter.  In addition, he contributed for a new undergraduate magazine, the Mississippi Political Review.  As he finished his time at the University, he completed a senior thesis that compared Republican Senate candidates’ timing of campaign announcement to their political experience, titled “Exploring Announcement Dynamics in Select Republican Primaries.”  He’s excited about the University of Georgia, new people, and new places.

While he’s excited about the study of politics, he also treasures traveling to new places while trying new food and meeting new people.  Colorado, Maine, and Portugal are some of his favorite places.  He enjoys hiking, fishing, kayaking, and wakeboarding—anything in the great outdoors—as well as playing tennis and volleyball.  If he’s not out exploring, he’s tasting new coffees and reading dystopian fiction, theology, or John Grisham books.

• SPIA Departmental Research Assistantship, University of Georgia
• Reed Graduate Fellowship, University of Georgia

Mitchell’s areas of interest are election and campaign politics, and Congressional behavior.  More specifically, he enjoys studying partisan interplay in elections and Congress, especially with regard to intraparty conflict.  He also has an interest in different models of judicial decision making and court activity.  Another interest is state politics and their review of expenditure and efficiency in governing.