Amy E. Lerman

Amy E. Lerman is a political scientist specializing in public opinion, race, and political behavior. She is the Michelle Schwartz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. ^[1]

Education

Lerman earned a B.A. in Social Policy and Political Science from New York University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University California, Berkeley. ^[2]

Career

After an assistant professorship at Princeton University, Lerman took up the posts of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and full Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, she holds the Michelle Schwartz Professorship of Public Policy and Political Science and serves as the Executive Director of the Possibility Lab. ^[3]

In 2023, Lerman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ^[4]

Research

Lerman is an expert in criminal justice, health policy, political psychology, race and ethnicity and public opinion. Her first book, The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment and American Community, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. ^[5]

Publications

• The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment and American Community. Cambridge University Press. 2013. ^[6]
• Lerman, Amy E.; Weaver, Vesla M. (2014). Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control. University of Chicago Press. ^[7]
• Good Enough for Government Work: The Public Reputation Crisis in America (And What We Can Do to Fix It). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Awards

• Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) ^[8]

• Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) ^[9]

• Best Book Award (with Vesla Weaver), Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association (APSA) ^[10]
• 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow ^[11]

References

1. "Amy E. Lerman | Faculty & Affiliated Academics | Research and Impact". Goldman School of Public Policy . University of California, Berkeley . Retrieved 2025-03-24.
2. "Amy E. Lerman's CV, University of California, Berkeley" (PDF).
3. "Amy E. Lerman's CV, University of California, Berkeley" (PDF).
4. "Amy E. Lerman". American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
5. Amy E. Lerman, The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment and American Community (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
6. Reviews for The Modern Prison Paradox:
   • Kane, Brianne A. (2017-12-01). "Book Review: The modern prison paradox: Politics, punishment, and social community" . Criminal Justice Review. 42 (4): 412–414. doi:10.1177/0734016816684924. ISSN   0734-0168.
   • Schmidt, Bethany E. "The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment, and Social Community". British Journal of Community Justice. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
   • Skarbek, David (2014-12-01). "Amy E. Lerman, The modern prison paradox: Politics, punishment, and social community" . Public Choice. 161 (3): 537–539. doi:10.1007/s11127-014-0190-2. ISSN   1573-7101.
7. Reviews for Arresting Citizenship:
   • Barlow, David E. (2015-06-01). "Book Review: Arresting citizenship: The democratic consequences of American Crime Control" . Criminal Justice Review. 40 (2): 238–240. doi:10.1177/0734016815571201. ISSN   0734-0168.
   • Gottschalk, Marie (September 2015). "Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control. By Amy E. Lerman and Vesla M. Weaver. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. 312 p. 27.50 paper. - The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America. By Naomi Murakawa. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 280 p. 24.95 paper" . Perspectives on Politics. 13 (3): 798–801. doi:10.1017/S153759271500136X. ISSN   1537-5927.
   • Barker, Vanessa (2017-12-01). "Amy E Lerman and Vesla M Weaver, Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control" . Punishment & Society. 19 (5): 650–652. doi:10.1177/1462474515622619. ISSN   1462-4745.
   • Swartzer, Steven (2016). "Review of Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control, Lerman Amy E., Weaver Vesla M." Ethics. 126 (3): 840–845. ISSN   0014-1704.
8. "List of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award recipients". American Political Science Association .
9. List of Gladys M. Kammerer Award recipients, American Political Science Association (APSA), https://apsanet.org/programs/apsa-awards/gladys-m-kammerer-award//
10. List of Gladys M. Kammerer Award recipients, American Political Science Association (APSA), https://connect.apsanet.org/s13/dennis-judd-best-book-award/
11. Carnegie Corporation of New York. "Amy E. Lerman | Carnegie Corporation of New York". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Archived from the original on 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

External links

• Amy E. Lerman’s web page at the University of California, Berkeley