Osgood received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale. He teaches courses on constitutional law and politics and political theory. Her teaching and her research focus on U.S. politics, in particular electoral politics. Since joining the faculty at Grinnell College in 1990, she has developed an interest in the politics of the region. The courses offered by Ms. Trish introduce the students to methods of empirical political science and data analysis.
Most courses involve a significant research project in which the student collects and analyzes data.
Burling Library assists students in locating data in both traditional and electronic formats. She organized this year's Annual Meeting of the Iowa Conference of Political Scientists and is currently the president of that organization. In addition to her scholarly interest in the subject, Ms. Trish is active in party and campaign politics. Before joining the Grinnell College faculty in 1991, she taught political science and political economy at Boston College and Tulane University. Her current research focuses on the impact of decentralization and intergovernmental relations on the financing of health care for the poor in Brazil.