Elizabeth I. Dorssom is an assistant professor of political science and program coordinator for the Master of Arts in Community and Economic Development at Lincoln University of Missouri. She is the author of Missouri Politics: Government in the Show-Me State, which examines Missouri’s political tradition through a comparative lens.

Dr. Dorssom’s research focuses on legislative politics, state government, and public policy, with an emphasis on how institutionalization, information, and professionalism shape policy adoption and feedback at both the state and federal levels. Her scholarship has appeared in Political Behavior, Social Science Quarterly, and Political Science Educator, and her research has been featured in 3 Streams Blog, Political Science Today, and The Academic Minute. She also contributes to edited volumes, including Teaching Experimental Political Science (Edward Elgar, 2024) and Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond (APSA, 2022).

A dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr. Dorssom regularly offers courses in American National Government, American State and Local Government, Legislative Politics, Public Policy, and Political Behavior. She has earned multiple honors for teaching excellence, including the Standout Faculty Member Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, 2025), Michael Brintnall Teaching and Learning Award (APSA, 2024), Award for Teaching Excellence–Junior Faculty (Lincoln University, 2024), the Missouri Excellence in Political Science Teaching Award (University of Missouri, 2022), and the Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Professional Council, University of Missouri, 2022).