 Associate
Professor
 Deborah
Schildkraut - American Politics, Political PsychologyPh.D.
Princeton University
Debbie Schildkraut received her Ph.D. from Princeton University and her B.A. from Tufts University. Her
courses include American Public Opinion, Race and Ethnicity in American Politics, Political Psychology,
Political Science Research Methods, Mass Politics, Introduction to American Politics, and Campaigns and
Elections. She is the author of Press ‘One’ for English: Language Policy, Public Opinion, and American Identity
(Princeton University Press, 2005). In it, she examines how several definitions of "what it means to be
American" shape people’s opinions about controversial language policies, such as declaring English the official
language, printing election ballots in multiple languages, and bilingual education. She has published articles
in Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Political Research Quarterly, and Perspectives on
Politics. She previously served as an Assistant Professor of Politics at Oberlin College.
Professor Schildkraut’s current research examines the political consequences of identity choices. She studies
whether people in the United States who think of themselves primarily as American, as a member of a panethnic
group (such as Latino or Asian), or as a member of a national origin group (such as Mexican or Korean) have
different rates of political engagement (in terms of voting, trust in political institutions, and sense of
obligation to the United States). This work pays particular attention to whether people feel that they or
members of their group have been victims of discrimination in the United States and the role that such feelings
play in conditioning the relationship between identity choices and political engagement.
Prof.
Schildkraut's Curriculum Vitae
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