Fresno State political science professor Dr. Lisa Bryant is one of 28 Andrew Carnegie Fellows who will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research related to political polarization. Bryant’s research seeks to understand how and why society has become so polarized, and how strengthened cohesion can fortify democracy.
Her selection as part of the 2024 class was announced on May 7 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bryant’s winning project is titled “Polarizing the Process: Partisan Effects on Election Officials and Trust in Elections.”
“I am humbled and grateful to have been selected for this fellowship,” Bryant said. “I am proud to be one of the few scholars who have had the opportunity to represent the CSUs as a Carnegie Fellow. I will work hard to highlight the important and impactful research we do in the CSUs. The other scholars in this year’s cohort are all amazing experts in their field, many of whom I know as colleagues in the election science field, and I am honored to be in their company.”
Bryant said her research will examine how partisan polarization is impacting the administration of United States elections, and how it affects career bureaucrats who serve the public as local election officials.
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