David E. Campbell

David Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy and Director of the Democracy Initiative at Notre Dame University. His research focuses on civic and political engagement, with particular attention to religion and young people.

Campbell’s most recent book is See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People (2025), written with Christina Wolbrecht. Among his other books are Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics (2021), written with Geoff Layman and John Green, which received the Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion; and American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (2010), written with Robert Putnam, winner of the American Political Science Association's award for the Best Book on Government, Politics, or International affairs.

His work has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. He has also been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and—every political scientist’s dream—Cosmopolitan.

Campbell received a B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.