Lobbyists at Work
Beth L. Leechis an associate professor of political science at Rutgers University. She teaches, researches, and publishes on interest groups, lobbying, and policymaking. She is the co-author of several books,including the APSA award-winning�Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why(University of Chicago Press, 2009) andMeeting at Grand Central: Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation�(Princeton University Press, 2012).�Professor Leech is a widely consulted expert on interviewing methods in the social sciences. Before embarking on an academic career, she was a newspaper editor. She holds a bachelor�s degree from Northwestern University�s Medill School of Journalism and a PhD in political science from Texas A&M University.