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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 The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
, and the faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. Her academic focus is on Latin American politics,
comparative politics Comparative politics is a field in political science characterized either by the use of the ''comparative method'' or other empirical methods to explore politics both within and between countries. Substantively, this can include questions relatin ...
, and how democracies function in developing countries. Stokes is a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...
. She was elected a member of the
National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
in 2022.


Education and career

Stokes studied
anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...
for her bachelor's degree at Harvard-Radcliffe and master's degree at
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
. She received her PhD in
political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
from Stanford in 1988. Since then, she has held academic appointments at the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
(1988–91), the University of Chicago (1991-2005; 2018–present), and
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
(2005–18, including serving as the John S. Saden Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department 2009–14). Stokes’ work has been supported by research grants and fellowships from the
National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...
(1997–99, 2003–05), the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003–04), the
MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 50 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7.0 billion and p ...
(1990–94), the
Fulbright Program The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...
(1981–82, 1985–86), the
American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
(1999-2000), and the
Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation is an American non-profit organisation established by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States.” It was named after her recently deceased husband, rail ...
(2014-15). 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, 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.


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.


Publications


Recent academic articles in refereed journals

* "Searching for a Bright Line in the Trump Presidency," with John Carey, Gretchen Helmke, Brendan Nyhan, and Mitch Sanders. ''Perspectives on Politics'', forthcoming. * "Accountability for Realists." ''Critical Review'' 30(1-2):130-138, 2018. * "Beyond Opportunity Costs: Campaign Messages, Anger, and Turnout Among the Unemployed," with Erdem Aytaç and Eli Rau, ''British Journal of Political Science'', 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0007123418000248, 2018. * "When do the Wealthy Support Redistribution? Inequality Aversion in Buenos Aires," with Germán Feierherd and Luis Schiumerini, ''British Journal of Political Science'', 1-13, doi:10.1017/S0007123417000588, 2018. * "Why do People Join Backlash Movements? Lesson from Turkey," with Erdem Aytaç and Luis Schiumerini, ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'', 62(6):1205-1228, January, 2017. * "Protests and Repression in New Democracies," with Erdem Aytaç and Luis Schiumerini, ''Perspectives on Politics'', Vol. 15, Issue 1, March 2017.


Books

* Stokes, Susan C.; Aytaç, S. Erdem (2019-01-31). ''Why Bother?: Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). (hardback) and (paperback). * Stokes, Susan C.; Dunning, Thad; Nazareno, Marcelo; Brusco, Valeria (2013-09-30). ''Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics''. Cambridge University Press, New York. (hardback), (paperback). * Shapiro, Ian; Stokes, Susan C.; Wood, Elizabeth Jean; Kirshner, Alexander S. (2010-01-14). ''Political Representation''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). (hardback) and 978-0-521-12865-0 (paperback). * Levi, Margaret; Johnson, James; Knight, Jack; Stokes, Susan (2008-09-04). ''Designing Democratic Government: Making Institutions Work''. Russell Sage Foundation, New York. . * Boix, Carles; Stokes, Susan Carol (2007). ''The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics''. Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK). . * Cleary, Matthew R.; Stokes, Susan (2006-01-12). ''Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism: The Politics of Trust in Argentina and Mexico''. Russell Sage Foundation, New York. . * Stokes, Susan C. (2001-08-03). ''Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). (hardback) and (paperback). * Stokes, Susan C. (1995-05-01). ''Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru''. University of California Press, Berkeley, Cal. . * Przeworski, Adam; Stokes, Susan C.; Manin, Bernard (1999-09-13). ''Democracy, Accountability, and Representation''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). (hardback) and 0-521-64616-2 (paperback). * Stokes, Susan C. (2001-09-17). ''Public Support for Market Reforms in New Democracies''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). .


References


External links


Susan Stokes
profile at
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
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