William (Bill) Shute J.D., supervises undergraduate Archer Fellows in the Policymaking Process class and teaches the Inside Washington: Policymaking from the Ground Up class for the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program. Professor Shute is a government relations expert, executive management professional, high-tech start-up advisor, and podcast creator/host with thirty-two years of experience working in and around the federal government. He is currently chair of the Scholars Advisory Board for Dome Compass, Inc., a nonpartisan mobile platform for federal policymakers, and the creator and host of the podcast 80-Proof Politics – Distilling the Art of Advocacy (80ProofPolitics.com). Shute was most recently an executive officer with The University of Texas System, serving as the vice chancellor for federal relations for eighteen years, where he led the System’s Office of Federal Relations. Before joining the UT System in September 2001, Shute spent eleven years as the executive director of federal relations for SBC Telecommunications, Inc. He also worked as the senior vice president in the government relations firm R. Duffy Wall & Associates and was a legal fellow for the National Association of Broadcasters. Prior to working for SBC, he was a legislative assistant to former U.S. Representative Bob Whittaker (KS-5), and was responsible for several Commerce Committee and Judiciary Committee issues. Shute is a member of the State Bar of Texas having attained his J.D. from the University of Houston and a B.A. with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.