~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Matthew Lacombe received his PhD from Northwestern University. Lacombe is an Alexander Lamis associate professor of American politics at Case Western Reserve University. He has written widely about the politics of guns, focusing in particular on gun-related interest groups and political participation in the gun debate. Matt is the author of Firepower: How the NRA Turned Gun Owners into a Political Force (Princeton University Press, 2021), which examines how the National Rifle Association has built and exercised political power. His work has been discussed in a wide range of media outlets, including the New York Times, New Yorker, NPR, Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, FiveThirtyEight, and Time.