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About the Poll
Poll Report Archive
Initiative on Legal Institutions and Democracy (ILIAD)
Brown Democracy Medal
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American Politics and World Problems
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Michael Berkman
Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
Director, Center for American Political Responsiveness
Professor of Political Science
417 Carpenter Building
Email: mbb1@psu.edu
Christopher Beem
Managing Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
Research Professor of Political Science
302 Ihlseng Cottage
Email: cbeem@psu.edu
John Gastil
McCourtney Institute for Democracy Founding Director
Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Political Science
240 Sparks Building
Eric Plutzer
Director, Mood of the Nation Poll
Professor of Political Science and Sociology
422 Carpenter Building
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 Lead
Email: jenna@psu.edu
Ray Block
Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Laurence and Lynne Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor in the McCourtney Institute
540 Welch Building
Email: rjb6233@psu.edu
Brandon Stover
Digital Content Creator
The Democracy Group Network Manager
Email: bqs5748@psu.edu
Melody Gehlbach
Administrative Assistant
411 Carpenter Building
814-865-0100
Email: mkg13@psu.edu
Ekaterina Haskins
Director, Center for Democratic Deliberation
Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
244 Sparks Building
Email: evh4@psu.edu