Pippa Norris

Pippa Norris is a comparative political scientist who has taught at Harvard for three decades. She is the Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Founding Director of the Electoral Integrity Project, Director of the Global Party Survey, Co-Director of the TrustGov Project, Co-Principal Investigator for Trust in European Democracies (TrueDem), and Vice-President of the World Values Survey. 

Her research compares public opinion and elections, political institutions and cultures, gender politics, and political communications in many countries worldwide.  She is ranked the 2nd most cited political scientist worldwide, according to Google scholar. Major career honors include, amongst others, the Skytte prize, IPSA’s Karl Deutsch award, fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, APSA’s Charles Merriam award, Warren E. Miller award, and Samuel Eldersfeld award, George H. Hallet award, and the PSA’s Sir Isaiah Berlin award, as well as several book awards and honorary doctorates. Recent books include Electoral Integrity in America, Cultural Backlash and In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify. Her latest book is forthcoming with Oxford University Press on The Cultural Roots of Democratic Backsliding.  For full details, see her biography. 

James Curry

James Curry’s research centers on U.S. politics and policymaking, with a focus the U.S. Congress. He is the author of two books, Legislating in the Dark (2015) and The Limits of Party (2020, with Frances E. Lee), and his research has been published in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and more. Curry received his Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 2011, and previously worked on Capitol Hill. 

Rebecca Glazier

Rebecca A. Glazier is a political science professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is the Director of the Little Rock Congregations Study, a longitudinal, community-based research project on religion and community engagement. She is the author of “Faith and Community: How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society” (Temple University Press, forthcoming, 2024). Dr. Glazier is active in the scholarship of teaching and learning and is the author of “Connecting in the Online Classroom: Building Rapport between Teachers and Students” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021).

Joseph L. Klesner

Joseph L. Klesner has taught political science and interdisciplinary international studies courses at Kenyon since 1985. His early scholarly work focused on Mexican electoral politics and the transition from one-party rule to competitive politics in that country. More recently, he has focused his research on political culture and public opinion, especially in Latin America, publishing articles on social capital, political participation, and the impact of corruption on trust in the region. His textbook, “Comparative Politics: An Introduction,” was published by McGraw-Hill in 2014.