Kayla E. Morton (she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

Contact Information

GOWEN 26

Personal Website

Fields of Interest

Climate Policy Environmental Politics International Institutions International Relations International Security Political Economy Political Methodology Quantitative Methods

Biography

B.A., Environmental Science and Policy and Political Science, Duke University, 2017

M.A., Political Science, University of Washington, 2024

Research

Selected Research

Morton, Kayla, Aseem Prakash, Nives Dolsak. “Issue Linkage and Climate Votes in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2007-2021.” PLOS Climate. September 25, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000440

Courses Taught

Summer 2025

POL S 384 A: Global Environmental Politics

Summer 2024

POL S 367 A: Comparative Law and Courts

Spring 2024

Winter 2024

Autumn 2023

Winter 2023

Autumn 2022

Affiliations

Home Department

Center for Environmental Politics

Professional Affiliations

American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Environmental Politics and Governance Network

News & Events

Related News

Prof. Aseem Prakash and Kayla Morton in The Regulatory Review, "Protecting Climate Legislation Through Issue Linkage" (January 21, 2025)

Related Events

Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “Economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining in Ecuador” - May 10 2024, 12pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “The Imperative Challenges of Sustainability for the Forgotten” - April 19 2024, 12pm
Dr. Robert Bullard: The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice - April 9 2024, 6:30pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “Higher Education and Sustainability” - March 1 2024, 12pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “How Good Norms Do Harm: Insights from the Justice Gap in Global Forest Governance”

- February 16 2024, 12pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “The Consequences of Environmental Protest in Global Perspective” - January 19 2024, 12pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “The Extent and Impact of Water Injustice in the United States” - November 17 2023, 12pm
University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Bringing Information Back in: Russia and the Pursuit of Limited Aims” - November 3 2023, 3:30pm
Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “How Climate Change Will Reshape Politics” - October 13 2023, 12pm

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