Deborah Schildkraut
Research/Areas of Interest
American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Immigration
Education
- PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, 2000
- MA, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, 1997
- BA, Tufts University, Medford, United States, 1995
Biography
Debbie Schildkraut received her Ph.D. from Princeton University and her B.A. from Tufts University. Her courses include the Politics of Ethnicity and American Identity, Political Psychology, Political Science Research Methods, Introduction to American Politics, Public Opinion, and Political Representation in the United States. She is the author of Everyday Democracy: Liberals, Conservatives, and their Routine Political Lives (University of Chicago Press, 2025, with Jeffrey Berry and James Glaser); States of Belonging: Immigration Policies, Attitudes, and Inclusion (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021, with Tomás Jiménez, Yuen Huo, and John Dovidio); Americanism in the Twenty-First Century: Public Opinion in the Age of Immigration (Cambridge University Press, 2011); Press 'One' for English: Language Policy, Public Opinion, and American Identity (Princeton University Press, 2005); and The Challenge of Democracy: American Government in Global Politics (Cengage Learning, multiple editions, with Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey Berry, Jerry Goldman, and Paul Manna). Her research examines American national identity, the implications of the changing ethnic composition of the United States on public opinion, how liberals and conservatives in the United States feel about factors related to democratic governance, and people's psychological connections to their states. She has published articles in the Journal of Politics; Political Behavior; Political Psychology; Public Opinion Quarterly; Political Research Quarterly; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Politics, Groups, & Identities; American Politics Research; Perspectives on Politics; Science Advances; Social Problems; Publius; State Politics & Policy Quarterly; Political Science Quarterly; and The Forum. She previously served as an Assistant Professor of Politics at Oberlin College.