AUTHOR | PROFESSOR | RESEARCHER
Dr. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan
B.A. in Political Science, University of Rochester
Author: Race to the Bottom, University of Chicago Press
AUTHOR | PROFESSOR | RESEARCHER
Dr. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan
B.A. in Political Science, University of Rochester
Author: Race to the Bottom, University of Chicago Press
A proud native of Brooklyn, New York - LaFleur Stephens-Dougan currently teaches Politics as an Associate Professor at Princeton University and is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.
She earned her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science from the University of Michigan and her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rochester.
Dr. Stephens-Dougan studies American politics, focusing on race and ethnic politics, public opinion, and experimental methods. Her book Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics (University of Chicago Press 2020) was awarded the 2021 Ralph J. Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association and the 2021 David O. Sears Best Book Award from the International Society of Political Psychology. Professor Stephens-Dougan is a recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation’s Time-Sharing in Experimental Social Sciences, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, the American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, the Annual Review of Political Science, and the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
Dr. Stephens is a Founding Director of The Lab on Politics, Race & Experimental Methods, a Faculty Co-founder of Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science (PRESS) and a Co-organizer of the Symposium on the Politics of Immigration (SPIRE).