Scholars & Their Research

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, International Development, Higher Education, Social Movements

PhD Student in Community and Cultural Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, K-12 Education, Civic Engagement, Children & Families

Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
School Reform, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Social Movements

Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Maine
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Women

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Elwood N. and Katherine Thompson Distinguished Professor of Modern World History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. Foreign Policy, Social Movements

Senior Fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota and Director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Augsburg College
Expertise:
Higher Education, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement

Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Higher Education, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise:
Environment, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and Director, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical & Food Regulation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Science & Technology, Government Agencies

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Civic Engagement

PhD Candidate in Government and Social Policy, Harvard University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion, Policies in Other Nations

Director, Public Policy Center, and Professor of Public Administration, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Women, Children & Families

Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, and Director of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Social Security, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Media and Public Opinion

Professor of Public Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Expertise:
Jobs and Workers, Family Policies, Social Movements, Women, Children & Families

Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, and Faculty Affiliate at the Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine, Portland
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Higher Education, Media and Public Opinion, Women

Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Election 2012, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Regents Professor and Laurence L. and Georgia Ina Dresser Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University
Expertise:
Environment, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Media and Public Opinion, Science & Technology, Religion

PhD Student in Political Science, Yale University
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion, Public Sector Reforms

Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Women, Children & Families

Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Government Agencies, State & Local Government

Professor of Political Science, University of Maine
Expertise:
Election 2012, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School, Yale University
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Media and Public Opinion

Honors Preceptor in Political Science, University of Maine
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Civic Engagement, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women, Gun Control

Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University
Expertise:
Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Women, Children & Families

Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Voters and Voter Participation, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Social Movements

Associate Professor of Political Science, Matsunaga Institute for Peace at University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
U.S. Foreign Policy, War & the Military, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Associate Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Public Sector Reforms

Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion

PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, School Reform, Antipoverty Policy, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of Geography, Global Leadership and Sustainable Development Program, Hawai‘i Pacific University
Expertise:
Environment, Policies in Other Nations, Civic Engagement

Professor of Political Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Hubert Humphrey School, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Media and Public Opinion

Professor of Sociology, Political Science & Environmental Science Director, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Environment, International Development, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

Hazel Rogers Professor of Communication, University of Tulsa
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion

Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University; President, Social Science Research Council
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Public Sector Reforms

Professor of Social Work, University of Maine School of Social Work and Director, University of Maine Center on Aging, University of Maine
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Health Care Delivery, Aging Society, Civic Engagement, Mental Health

Professor of Sociology and Political Science, University of Arizona
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Inequality & the Middle Class, Jobs and Workers, Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy, Media and Public Opinion

Matthew W. Stirling, Jr., Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Expertise:
Unemployment Insurance, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Expertise:
Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Media and Public Opinion, Science & Technology, Public Sector Reforms

Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
Expertise:
U.S. Foreign Policy, Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion

Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Expertise:
Environment, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion, Science & Technology

Professor of Political Science and Law, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Voters and Voter Participation

PhD student in Political Science, University of California Los Angeles
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Expertise:
International Development, Policies in Other Nations, Social Movements, Women

Third Year Student, Yale Law School
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, Environment, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Assistant Professor of Organization & Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Expertise:
Environment, Energy, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of History, University of Rhode Island
Expertise:
Environment, Jobs and Workers, Unions & the Labor Movement, Social Movements

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Loyola University New Orleans
Expertise:
K-12 Education, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Religion

W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Expertise:
Election 2012, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School; President-Elect of American Political Science Association
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Women

Professor of History, University of Delaware
Expertise:
Social Movements, Voters and Voter Participation, Courts & Court Decisions

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Expertise:
Environment, International Development, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Media and Public Opinion, Women

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University, and Director of the Americas Program, The Carter Center
Expertise:
U.S. Foreign Policy, International Development, Policies in Other Nations, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University
Expertise:
Environment, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College
Expertise:
Environment, Energy, Climate Change Policies & Politics, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements

Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions, Department of Government, Cornell University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Public Budgets and Taxes, Higher Education, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Civic Engagement, Government Agencies

PhD Student in Political Science, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making, Northwestern University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, U.S. Foreign Policy, Media and Public Opinion

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Social Movements

PhD Student in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Media and Public Opinion, State & Local Government

John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Associate Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Civic Engagement, Women

Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Women

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, The George Washington University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, School Reform, Health Care Reform, Voters and Voter Participation

Curator’s Teaching Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Expertise:
Election 2012, Jobs and Workers, Cities and Regions, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Race and Ethnicity, Jobs and Workers, Voters and Voter Participation

PhD Candidate in Politics and Social Policy, Princeton University
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Media and Public Opinion, Women, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion

J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science, Boston College
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law, Ohio State University
Expertise:
School Reform, Higher Education, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Thomas College
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation, State & Local Government

Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Expertise:
Health Care Reform, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Inequality & the Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Social Security, Civic Engagement, Social Movements

President, Growth & Justice
Expertise:
Economic Growth & Innovation, School Reform, Civic Engagement

Distinguished Research Professor of Community Studies & Development, University of California, Davis
Expertise:
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Cities and Regions, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Professor of Public Service, Political Science and Sociology, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Maxwell Professor of Political Science, the Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Expertise:
Inequality & the Middle Class, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Expertise:
Cities and Regions, Civic Engagement

Professor of Public Affairs and Administration; Affiliated Faculty at Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University
Expertise:
Election 2012, Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Distinguished McKnight Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Expertise:
Criminal Justice, Jobs and Workers, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Claude C. Smith '14 Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College
Expertise:
Election 2012, Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, LGBT Issues

Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Government, Harvard University
Expertise:
Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise:
Cities and Regions, Media and Public Opinion, Voters and Voter Participation

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMass Boston
Expertise:
School Reform, Civic Engagement

Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Expertise:
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy

Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, School Reform, Family Policies, Social Movements

Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Purdue University
Expertise:
Antipoverty Policy, Policies in Other Nations, Civic Engagement, Social Movements, Women

PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University
Expertise:
Public Budgets and Taxes, Social Movements

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Social Movements

Associate Professor of Sociology and Founding Director, Southwest Institute on Religion, Culture, and Society, University of New Mexico
Expertise:
Civic Engagement, Social Movements

Doctoral Candidate, University of California, San Diego
Expertise:
Higher Education, Social Movements
