Susan Stokes

Stokes studied anthropology for her bachelor's degree at Harvard-Radcliffe and master's degree at Stanford University. She received her PhD in political science from Stanford in 1988. Since then, she has held academic appointments at the University of Washington (1988–91), the University of Chicago (1991-2005; 2018–present),{{cite news |title=SUSAN STOKES HAS BEEN NAMED THE TIFFANY AND MARGARET BLAKE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR |url=https://political-science.uchicago.edu/news/susan-stokes-has-been-named-tiffany-and-margaret-blake-distinguished-service-professor |accessdate=2019-01-09 |publisher=University of Chicago |date=2018-06-01}} and Yale University (2005–18, including serving as the John S. Saden Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department 2009–14).{{cite news |title=Susan Stokes |url=http://campuspress.yale.edu/susanstokes/ |accessdate=2019-01-09 |publisher=Yale University}} Stokes’ work has been supported by research grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation (1997–99, 2003–05), the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003–04),{{cite news |title=Susan C. Stokes |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/susan-c-stokes/ |accessdate=2019-01-09}} the MacArthur Foundation (1990–94), the Fulbright Program (1981–82, 1985–86), the American Philosophical Society (1999-2000), and the Russell Sage Foundation (2014-15).{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.uchicago.edu/stokes/|title=Susan Stokes Profile {{!}} Chicago Center on Democracy|website=democracy.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-01-08}} She teaches courses on political development, political parties and democracy, comparative political behavior, and distributive politics.

Stokes is married to Steven Pincus and has three sons (David, Andrew, and Sam).

In 2016, Stokes co-founded Bright Line Watch, an initiative to monitor the strength of U.S. democracy,{{Cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/03/07/assessing-health-american-democracy-qa-political-scientist-susan-stokes|title=Assessing the health of American democracy: Q&A with political scientist Susan Stokes|last=Cummings|first=Mike|date=2017-03-07|website=YaleNews|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://dialogo.uchicago.edu/content/common-ground-conversation|title=Common Ground Conversation {{!}} Dialogo {{!}} The University of Chicago|website=dialogo.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-01-08}} The initiative conducts ongoing sets of surveys of political scientists and the general public in the United States to assess views of U.S. democratic performance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?444887-1/brookings-forum-examines-state-american-democracy-trump-presidency|title=Brookings Forum Examines State American Democracy Trump Presidency, May 1 2018|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-08}}

Stokes founded the Chicago Center on Democracy—based at the University of Chicago—in 2018, and serves as its faculty director. The center's focus is on research, public engagement, and building tools to expand public understanding of how democracies function.{{Cite web|url=https://dialogo.uchicago.edu/content/political-and-cultural-systems|title=Political and Cultural Systems {{!}} Dialogo {{!}} The University of Chicago|website=dialogo.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-01-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/10/23/chicago-center-democracy-hosts-debut-event/|title=Chicago Center on Democracy Hosts Debut Event|website=www.chicagomaroon.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}

• "Searching for a Bright Line in the Trump Presidency," with John Carey, Gretchen Helmke, Brendan Nyhan, and Mitch Sanders. Perspectives on Politics, forthcoming.
• "Accountability for Realists." Critical Review 30(1-2):130-138, 2018.
• "Beyond Opportunity Costs: Campaign Messages, Anger, and Turnout Among the Unemployed," with Erdem Aytaç and Eli Rau, British Journal of Political Science, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0007123418000248, 2018.
• "When do the Wealthy Support Redistribution? Inequality Aversion in Buenos Aires," with Germán Feierherd and Luis Schiumerini, British Journal of Political Science, 1-13, doi:10.1017/S0007123417000588, 2018.
• "Why do People Join Backlash Movements? Lesson from Turkey," with Erdem Aytaç and Luis Schiumerini, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62(6):1205-1228, January, 2017.
• "Protests and Repression in New Democracies," with Erdem Aytaç and Luis Schiumerini, Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, March 2017.

• Stokes, Susan C.; Aytaç, S. Erdem (2019-01-31). Why Bother?: Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). {{ISBN|978-1-108-47522-8}} (hardback) and {{ISBN|978-1-108-46594-6}} (paperback).
• Stokes, Susan C.; Dunning, Thad; Nazareno, Marcelo; Brusco, Valeria (2013-09-30). Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics. Cambridge University Press, New York. {{ISBN|978-1-107-04220-9}} (hardback), {{ISBN|978-1-107-66039-7}} (paperback).
• Shapiro, Ian; Stokes, Susan C.; Wood, Elizabeth Jean; Kirshner, Alexander S. (2010-01-14). Political Representation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). {{ISBN|978-0-521-11127-0}} (hardback) and 978-0-521-12865-0 (paperback).
• Levi, Margaret; Johnson, James; Knight, Jack; Stokes, Susan (2008-09-04). Designing Democratic Government: Making Institutions Work. Russell Sage Foundation, New York. {{ISBN|978-0-87154-518-3}}.
• Boix, Carles; Stokes, Susan Carol (2007). The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK). {{ISBN|978-0-19-927848-0}}.
• Cleary, Matthew R.; Stokes, Susan (2006-01-12). Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism: The Politics of Trust in Argentina and Mexico. Russell Sage Foundation, New York. {{ISBN|0-87154-166-1}}.
• Stokes, Susan C. (2001-08-03). Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). {{ISBN|0-521-80118-4}} (hardback) and {{ISBN|0-521-80511-2}} (paperback).
• Stokes, Susan C. (1995-05-01). Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru. University of California Press, Berkeley, Cal. {{ISBN|0-520-20023-3}}.
• Przeworski, Adam; Stokes, Susan C.; Manin, Bernard (1999-09-13). Democracy, Accountability, and Representation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). {{ISBN|0-521-64153-5}} (hardback) and 0-521-64616-2 (paperback).
• Stokes, Susan C. (2001-09-17). Public Support for Market Reforms in New Democracies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK). {{ISBN|9781139175234}}.

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