I am a writer, researcher, and analyst. I am currently a senior research analyst and project manager at the Brookings Institution, a public policy think tank. My non-fiction work covers an array of topics, with a frequent focus on corruption and ethics in American politics, climate change and conservation, and ecology. My articles and writings have appeared in CNN, Slate, Lawfare, Just Security, Northern Woodlands Magazine, various Brookings media, and other publications. I am the co-author of a chapter on executive authority and congressional oversight in the 2022 Brookings Institution Press book Overcoming Trumpery: How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy. My work has been cited by Axios, The Christian Science Monitor, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and other outlets and organizations. 

My short fiction has been published or is forthcoming in Inscape Magazine, Inlandia Literary Journal, Harrisburg Magazine, and elsewhere.

For contact, please write to colbygalliher@gmail.com. I am also on Twitter @ColbyGalliher.