Lynn Vavreck

Lynn Vavreck is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA and a contributor to The Upshot at The New York Times. She is a recipient of the Andrew F. Carnegie Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the author of six books on campaigns and elections, including, The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Election & the Challenge to American Democracy. Her 2016 book, Identity Crisis, was named the "most ominous" book of 2018 by the Washington Post Book Review, and her 2012 election book was dubbed the "definitive account" of that election. She has run multiple national surveys, including The Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape Project, which completed 500,000 interviews between 2019-2021. At UCLA she teaches courses on campaigns, elections, public opinion, and the 1960s. Professor Vavreck holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester and held previous positions at Princeton University, Dartmouth College, and The White House. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she remains a loyal Browns fan and is a "known equestrian" - to draw on a phrase from the 2012 presidential campaign.