Susan Stokes

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Susan Carol Stokes (born 1959) is an American political scientist and the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science department of the University of Chicago, [1] [2] and the faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. [3] [4] Her academic focus is on Latin American politics, comparative politics, and how democracies function in developing countries. [1] [5] Stokes is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2] She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. [6]

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Education and career

Stokes studied anthropology for her bachelor's degree at Harvard-Radcliffe and master's degree at Stanford University. She received her PhD in political science from Stanford in 1988. Since then, she has held academic appointments at the University of Washington (1988–91), the University of Chicago (1991-2005; 2018–present), [7] and Yale University (2005–18, including serving as the John S. Saden Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department 2009–14). [8] Stokes’ work has been supported by research grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation (1997–99, 2003–05), the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003–04), [9] the MacArthur Foundation (1990–94), the Fulbright Program (1981–82, 1985–86), the American Philosophical Society (1999-2000), and the Russell Sage Foundation (2014-15). [2] [10] She teaches courses on political development, political parties and democracy, comparative political behavior, and distributive politics.

Family

Stokes is married to Steven Pincus and has three sons (David, Andrew, and Sam).

Organizations

Bright Line Watch

In 2016, Stokes co-founded Bright Line Watch, an initiative to monitor the strength of U.S. democracy, [11] [12] The initiative conducts ongoing sets of surveys of political scientists and the general public in the United States to assess views of U.S. democratic performance. [11] [13]

Chicago Center on Democracy

Stokes founded the Chicago Center on Democracy—based at the University of Chicago—in 2018, and serves as its faculty director. The center's focus is on research, public engagement, and building tools to expand public understanding of how democracies function. [14] [15]

Publications

Recent academic articles in refereed journals

Books

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  2. 1 2 3 "Susan Stokes | Political Science | The University of Chicago". political-science.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  3. ↑ Aytaç, S. Erdem; Stokes, Susan (2018-11-20). "Americans just set a turnout record for the midterms, voting at the highest rate since 1914. This explains why". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  4. ↑ "The Chicago Center on Democracy" . Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  5. ↑ Post, Julie (2005-03-22). "Yale taps top professors in 'double coup'". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  6. ↑ "Five UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2022 | University of Chicago News".
  7. ↑ "SUSAN STOKES HAS BEEN NAMED THE TIFFANY AND MARGARET BLAKE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR". University of Chicago. 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  8. ↑ "Susan Stokes". Yale University. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Susan C. Stokes" . Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  10. ↑ "Susan Stokes Profile | Chicago Center on Democracy". democracy.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  11. 1 2 Cummings, Mike (2017-03-07). "Assessing the health of American democracy: Q&A with political scientist Susan Stokes". YaleNews. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  12. ↑ "Common Ground Conversation | Dialogo | The University of Chicago". dialogo.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  13. ↑ "Brookings Forum Examines State American Democracy Trump Presidency, May 1 2018". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  14. ↑ "Political and Cultural Systems | Dialogo | The University of Chicago". dialogo.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  15. ↑ "Chicago Center on Democracy Hosts Debut Event". www.chicagomaroon.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
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