Lynn Vavreck
Lynn Vavreck | |
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Born | 1968 (age 52–53) Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Arizona State University (B.S., M.A.) University of Rochester (M.S., Ph.D.) |
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Institutions | Dartmouth College University of California, Los Angeles |
Website | lynnvavreck |
Lynn Vavreck (born 1968) is an American professor and columnist. She is the Marvin Hoffenberg Chair in American Politics and Public Policy at University of California, Los Angeles and a contributing columnist to The New York Times.
Education[]
Vavreck attended Midpark High School in Ohio, where she was inspired by her chemistry teacher to pursue her interests.[1] In 1990, Vavreck completed a bachelor of science in political science, magna cum laude at Arizona State University (ASU).[2] From 1991 to 1992, Vavreck was a press advance representative in the Office of the Vice President of the United States.[3] She earned a master of arts in political science in 1992 from ASU. In 1996, she completed a master of science in political science in 1996 from University of Rochester. Vavreck completed a Ph.D. in political science from University of Rochester in 1997 with concentrations in American politics, political methodology, and political philosophy. She completed post-doctoral studies at Princeton University.[2]
Career[]
Vavreck was an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College from July 1998 to June 2001.[2] She then became an assistant professor of political science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2001 and co-founded the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project (CCAP).[4][5]
In 2013, Vaverick published her book titled "The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election," through the Princeton University Press which analyzed the 2012 presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.[6] Beginning in April 2014, Vaverick became a contributing columnist for The New York Times' publication, The Upshot after Nate Silver retired.[7] The following year, she received a Carnegie fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation, which granted her $200,000 to fund her study of the impact of super PACs in the 2016 presidential campaign.[8]
In January 2018, she became the Marvin Hoffenberg Chair in American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA.[9] That same year, she published “Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America," alongside John Sides and Michael Tesler which analyzed the 2016 presidential election.[10] Vavreck later collaborated with to collect data through the 2020 elections with a data-gathering and analysis project called Nationscape.[11]
Selected works[]
Books[]
- Vavreck, Lynn (2009). The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400830480.
- Sides, John; Vavreck, Lynn (2013). The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691156880.
- Sides, John; Tesler, Michael; Vavreck, Lynn (2019). Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for The Meaning of America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691174198.
References[]
- ^ "UCLA political scientist passed up career as a viola player". newsroom.ucla.ca. May 30, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Lynn Vavreck, PhD". The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ Marks, Peter (January 1, 2000). "In Ads, Candidates' Gloves Stay On". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "The 2008 Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project (CCAP)". isps.yale.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project". wustl.edu. October 10, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Johnston, Richard (October 18, 2013). "The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election". The Forum. 11 (3). doi:10.1515/for-2013-0057. S2CID 155812735.
- ^ Sullivan, Meg (February 14, 2014). "Vavreck to help fill void at NY Times left by popular blogger Nate Silver". newsroom.ucla.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Meg (April 22, 2015). "UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck wins new Carnegie fellowship". newsroom.ucla.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Professor Lynn Vavreck appointed to the Marvin Hoffenberg Chair in American Politics and Public Policy". polisci.ucla.edu. January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Wolf, Jessica (November 20, 2018). "Political science professor's new bestseller illuminates America's 'Identity Crisis'". newsroom.ucla.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ Wolf, Jessica (October 11, 2019). "UCLA political scientists launch one of largest-ever public opinion surveys for run-up to 2020". newsroom.ucla.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
External links[]
- Official website
- Lynn Vavreck publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Lynn Vavreck's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- Lynn Vavreck at IMDb
- Living people
- 1968 births
- American women columnists
- The New York Times columnists
- Arizona State University alumni
- University of Rochester alumni
- Dartmouth College faculty
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women academics