BCAD in the News

Research conducted by BCAD affiliated faculty and students has been covered widely in the national and international press, showcasing the tremendous impact of BCAD’s research.

BCAD faculty Sarah Anzia’s research on the success of women candidates in local elections was recently featured in The Atlantic

Sarah Anzia was quoted in The Atlantic: To be sure, the recent literature doesn’t show that voters treat male and female candidates identically. As the

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BCAD director and faculty affiliate David Broockman’s research on partisan media was featured in The New York Times

David Broockman was quoted in The New York Times: A new study available in preprint from Joshua Kalla, an assistant professor of political science at Yale,

BCAD faculty affiliate Gabe Lenz featured in The Los Angeles Times

Gabriel Lenz, a political science professor at UC Berkeley, said there is a flip side, in that Trump has had political success in suggesting to

BCAD faculty affiliate Eric Schickler was featured in the BBC

Eric Schickler was quoted in the BBC: Dianne Feinstein’s death could throw the race to replace her into chaos. A senate race featuring high-profile, ambitious Democrats

BCAD faculty affiliate Cecilia Mo’s research about national service programs and political participation was featured in Science

Cecilia Mo was quoted in Science: Researchers had theorized that national service programs could improve dismally low voting participation rates among young adults. But the analysis

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BCAD faculty affiliate Paul Pierson co-authored an op-ed in The New York Times about the historical evolution of the Republican Party

An op-ed by Paul Pierson was featured in The New York Times: To many Americans, the 2024 election is an unwelcome contest between the felonious

BCAD faculty affiliate Desmond Jagmohan’s book chapter on Booker T. Washington was featured in Boston Review

In a recent essay discussing Booker T. Washington’s “ethics of ambivalence,” for example, political scientist Desmond Jagmohan argues that although “we value truthfulness and sincerity

BCAD faculty affiliate Amy Lerman’s research about clean slate laws was featured in WIRED

“What our study shows,” study authors Alyssa Mooney, Alissa Skog, and Amy Lerman told me in an email exchange, “is that automating record clearance alone
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BCAD director and faculty affiliate David Broockman’s research on the polarization and political accountability was featured in The New York Times

David Broockman was quoted in The New York Times: As Trump rose to the presidency, one explanation that swept political science was the power of

BCAD faculty affiliate Paul Pierson co-authored an op-ed in The Atlantic about the politics of the Senate filibuster

The filibuster is in trouble. President Joe Biden has come out in favor of reforming it, and Democrats in the Senate are weighing alternatives. But

BCAD faculty affiliate Desmond Jagmohan was featured in The San Francisco Chronicle

UC Berkeley political science Professor Desmond Jagmohan said there’s a pattern of politicians — on both the left and right in the Bay Area —

BCAD faculty affiliate Sean Gailmard was featured in Mission Local

Sean Gailmard was quoted in Mission Local: The San Francisco general election on March 5 drew in a stunning amount of cash: Over $11 million raised on

BCAD faculty affiliate Sean Gailmard was featured in The Daily Texan

Sean Gailmard, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, describes how many universities outside these red states see academics leaving due to political reasons

BCAD director and faculty affiliate David Broockman’s research on campaign persuasion effects was featured in Vox

David Broockman was quoted in Vox: Groups that want to defeat President Donald Trump have already spent a decent chunk of money making and airing

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BCAD director and faculty affiliate David Broockman’s research on the political behavior of economic elites was featured in The New York Times

David Broockman was quoted in The New York Times: In 2017, David Broockman, Gregory Ferenstein and I conducted the first large-scale survey of the founders

BCAD affiliate Sarah Anzia’s research on the effects of election timing was featured in the National Review

Public education is one of America’s hottest political flashpoints, yet, counterintuitively, making it more political will help lower the temperature.

BCAD faculty Sarah Anzia pens Washington Post op-ed about the challenges of rising local pension costs

In late July, the House passed a bill that would shore up endangered pensions for millions of private-sector retirees and workers in trucking, mining and
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BCAD faculty Sarah Anzia’s book on the origins of urban-rural political conflict was featured in The New York Times

In an analysis of the complexity of the current Democratic predicament, Sarah Anzia, a professor of public policy and political science at Berkeley, addressed the

BCAD faculty Sarah Anzia was quoted in The Sacramento Bee

"Young people, even with their higher turnout in 2018, were far less likely to participate than those 40 and up,” said Sarah Anzia, a political

BCAD faculty affiliate Desmond Jagmohan was featured in The Hill

Desmond Jagmohan, who teaches political science at the University of California, Berkeley, also argued Tuberville’s comments were an attempt to “frame African Americans as a