Samara Klar is an American political scientist and professor at the

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. She founded the

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database in 2016.

Life

Klar earned a B.A. in political science and sociology with distinction from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

in 2005. She completed a M.A. in political science with a focus on American politics and journalism at the

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 2006. She earned a M.A. (2009) and Ph.D. (2013) in political science with a focus on American politics and quantitative methodology from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. Her dissertation was titled, ''The Influence of Identities on Political Preferences''. James Druckman was her doctoral advisor. Klar researches the relationship between an individual's personal identities and social surroundings and their political attitudes. She joined the

school of government and public policy in 2013 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in May 2018 and professor in May 2023. She founded the

in 2016 and served on its editorial board until 2023. It is a website designed to combat

implicit bias In social identity theory, an implicit bias or implicit stereotype, is the pre-reflective attribution of particular qualities by an individual to a member of some social out group. Implicit stereotypes are thought to be shaped by experience and ...

and

sexism in academia Sexism in academia refers to the discrimination and subordination of a particular sex or gender academic institutions, particularly universities, due to the ideologies, practices, and reinforcements that privilege one sex or gender over another. ...

and promote female scholars in political science.

Selected works

* Reviews of Independent Politics: * * * * *

References

External links

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