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Conference: Democracy in the U.S. States
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Poll Report Archive
Undergraduate Research Assistant Application
Brown Democracy Medal
Laurence and Lynne Brown
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The Democracy Machine
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Donald Trump — The Candidate and the Campaign
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Michael Berkman
Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy. On sabbatical spring 2023.
Director, Center for American Political Responsiveness
Professor of Political Science
318 Pond Lab
Email: mbb1@psu.edu
Christopher Beem
Acting Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
Associate Research Professor of Political Science
327 Pond Lab
Email: cbeem@psu.edu
Xiaoye You
Director, Center for Democratic Deliberation
Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies
430 Burrowes Building
Email: xuy10@psu.edu
John Gastil
McCourtney Institute for Democracy Founding Director
Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Political Science
240 Sparks Building
Ray Block
Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Laurence and Lynne Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor in the McCourtney Institute
308 Pond Lab
Email: rjb6233@psu.edu
Burt L. Monroe
Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Social Data Analytics, and Informatics
Head, Program in Social Data Analytics
Director, Center for Social Data Analytics
Chief Scientist, McCourtney Institute Mood of the Nation Poll
207 Pond Lab (Dept of Political Science); B001 Sparks (Center for Social Data Analytics)
(814) 865-9215
Email: burtmonroe@psu.edu
Eric Plutzer
Director, Mood of the Nation Poll
Professor of Political Science and Sociology
312 Pond Lab
Email: plutzer@psu.edu
Debra Hawhee
McCourtney Professor of Civic Deliberation
McCourtney Institute for Democracy Senior Scholar
Professor of English and of Communication Arts and Sciences
208 Burrowes Building
Email: hawhee@psu.edu
Jenna Spinelle
Communications Specialist
328 Pond Lab
Email: jenna@psu.edu
Johey Verfaille
Administrative Support Coordinator
327 Pond Lab
(814) 865-0100
Email: juv12@psu.edu