LAUREN DAVENPORT
LAUREN D. DAVENPORT 305 Encina Hall West 616 Serra Street Stanford, CA 94305-6044 [email protected] ACADEMIC POSITIONS Stanford University, Stanford, CA Assistant Professor, Political Science, September 2012-present Acting Assistant Professor, Political Science, September 2011 Affiliated with: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
EDUCATION Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Ph.D., Politics, 2012 M.A., Politics (American Politics, Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods), 2008 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI B.A., (with distinction) Political Science, Minor in French and Francophone Studies, 2005
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, 2013-2014 Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, 2013-2014 Research Grant, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, 2013 Research Grant, Political Science Chair’s Fund, Stanford University, 2013 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2013-2014 (Alternate) Presidential Grant, Stanford University, 2011, 2012, 2013 Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Fellowship Finalist, University of Notre Dame, 2011 (declined) Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2010-2011 Research Grant, Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2010 Research Grant, Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, 2009 Davenport
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Research Grant, Princeton University Center for African American Studies, 2008 Stafford Fund for Scholarly Travel Grant, Princeton University, 2007, 2008, 2010 Summer Program Award, ICPSR, 2007 Hanna Fund Grant, Princeton Graduate School, 2007, 2010 University President’s Fellowship, Princeton University, 2006-2011
WORKING PAPERS AND ONGOING PROJECTS “The Construction of Racial Labels Among Biracial Americans” (under review) “Politics Between Black and White” (under review) “Racial Cueing Across Minorities: A Survey Experiment on Candidate Evaluation in the U.S.” (with Claire L. Adida and Gwyneth McClendon) (under review) “Race Relations and Opposition to Interracial Marriage” (in progress) “The Gendered Construction of Racial Identification” (in progress) “Multiracial Individuals and Affirmative Action: White Americans’ Perceptions of Deservingness” (in progress) “Racial Whitening in American Politics” (in progress) “The Effect of Obama’s Perceived Race and Religious Identity on Support for his Presidency” (with Sam Sinyangwe) (in progress)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS “Coethnicity, Corruption, and Candidate Evaluation: An Experiment on Attitudes Toward Congressman Charlie Rangel.” Paper prepared for the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium meeting, 2013, Riverside, CA. “Racial Priming Across Minorities: A Survey Experiment on Candidate Evaluation in the U.S.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2013, Chicago, IL. (with Claire L. Adida and Gwyneth McClendon) “The Social and Political Identity Fluidity of Multiracial Americans.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2013, Chicago, IL.
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“Multiracial Identification and Public Support for Race-Conscious Policies.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2012, New Orleans, LA. “Race Relations and Opposition to Interracial Marriage.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 12, 2012, Chicago, IL. “Racial Labeling of Biracial White-Black Americans.” Paper presented at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC), November 12, 2011, Texas A&M University. “Multiracial Identity and Race Policy Attitudes.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2011, Chicago, IL. “Politics Between Black and White.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2-5, 2010, Washington, D.C. “The Political Attitudes of Mixed-Race, White-Black Americans.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 22-25, 2010, Chicago, IL. “Between the Racial Divide.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2-5, 2009, Chicago, IL. “Are We “Post-racial?”: Changing Conceptions of Blackness in Modern, Mixed-Race America.” Presented at From the Middle Passage to the Oval Office: Defining the Black Experience Conference, February 21, 2009, Princeton, NJ. “Crossing the Line: Covert Racism and Interracial Marriage Opinion.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL. “Somewhere in the Middle: The Racial Attitudes of Multiracial Individuals” (co-authored with Tasha Philpot). Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 5-8, 2007, Chicago, IL.
TEACHING AND ADVISING Stanford University POLISCI 292: Research Honors Track in Political Behavior POLISCI 121L: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. POLISCI 28N: The Changing Nature of Racial Identity in American Politics Princeton University Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator, Mass Media in American Politics (with Martin Gilens) Davenport
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Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator, The Politics of Race and Health in the U.S. (with Melissa Harris-Lacewell) Student Project Advisor, Community Based Learning Initiative (with Melissa HarrisLacewell)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse University, 2009. Courses in quantitative and qualitative methods, causation, set-theoretic analysis, and experiments (field, natural, and quasi). Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, 2007. Courses in regression analysis, math for political scientists, and the quantitative study of race and ethnicity. French Language Proficiency Certificate, Princeton University, 2006.
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EDUCATION Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Ph.D., Politics, 2012 M.A., Politics (American Politics, Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods), 2008 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI B.A., (with distinction) Political Science, Minor in French and Francophone Studies, 2005
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, 2013-2014 Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, 2013-2014 Research Grant, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, 2013 Research Grant, Political Science Chair’s Fund, Stanford University, 2013 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2013-2014 (Alternate) Presidential Grant, Stanford University, 2011, 2012, 2013 Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Fellowship Finalist, University of Notre Dame, 2011 (declined) Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2010-2011 Research Grant, Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2010 Research Grant, Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, 2009 Davenport
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Research Grant, Princeton University Center for African American Studies, 2008 Stafford Fund for Scholarly Travel Grant, Princeton University, 2007, 2008, 2010 Summer Program Award, ICPSR, 2007 Hanna Fund Grant, Princeton Graduate School, 2007, 2010 University President’s Fellowship, Princeton University, 2006-2011
WORKING PAPERS AND ONGOING PROJECTS “The Construction of Racial Labels Among Biracial Americans” (under review) “Politics Between Black and White” (under review) “Racial Cueing Across Minorities: A Survey Experiment on Candidate Evaluation in the U.S.” (with Claire L. Adida and Gwyneth McClendon) (under review) “Race Relations and Opposition to Interracial Marriage” (in progress) “The Gendered Construction of Racial Identification” (in progress) “Multiracial Individuals and Affirmative Action: White Americans’ Perceptions of Deservingness” (in progress) “Racial Whitening in American Politics” (in progress) “The Effect of Obama’s Perceived Race and Religious Identity on Support for his Presidency” (with Sam Sinyangwe) (in progress)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS “Coethnicity, Corruption, and Candidate Evaluation: An Experiment on Attitudes Toward Congressman Charlie Rangel.” Paper prepared for the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium meeting, 2013, Riverside, CA. “Racial Priming Across Minorities: A Survey Experiment on Candidate Evaluation in the U.S.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2013, Chicago, IL. (with Claire L. Adida and Gwyneth McClendon) “The Social and Political Identity Fluidity of Multiracial Americans.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2013, Chicago, IL.
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“Multiracial Identification and Public Support for Race-Conscious Policies.” Paper prepared for the American Political Science Association Meeting, 2012, New Orleans, LA. “Race Relations and Opposition to Interracial Marriage.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 12, 2012, Chicago, IL. “Racial Labeling of Biracial White-Black Americans.” Paper presented at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC), November 12, 2011, Texas A&M University. “Multiracial Identity and Race Policy Attitudes.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2011, Chicago, IL. “Politics Between Black and White.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2-5, 2010, Washington, D.C. “The Political Attitudes of Mixed-Race, White-Black Americans.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 22-25, 2010, Chicago, IL. “Between the Racial Divide.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 2-5, 2009, Chicago, IL. “Are We “Post-racial?”: Changing Conceptions of Blackness in Modern, Mixed-Race America.” Presented at From the Middle Passage to the Oval Office: Defining the Black Experience Conference, February 21, 2009, Princeton, NJ. “Crossing the Line: Covert Racism and Interracial Marriage Opinion.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL. “Somewhere in the Middle: The Racial Attitudes of Multiracial Individuals” (co-authored with Tasha Philpot). Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 5-8, 2007, Chicago, IL.
TEACHING AND ADVISING Stanford University POLISCI 292: Research Honors Track in Political Behavior POLISCI 121L: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. POLISCI 28N: The Changing Nature of Racial Identity in American Politics Princeton University Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator, Mass Media in American Politics (with Martin Gilens) Davenport
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Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator, The Politics of Race and Health in the U.S. (with Melissa Harris-Lacewell) Student Project Advisor, Community Based Learning Initiative (with Melissa HarrisLacewell)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse University, 2009. Courses in quantitative and qualitative methods, causation, set-theoretic analysis, and experiments (field, natural, and quasi). Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, 2007. Courses in regression analysis, math for political scientists, and the quantitative study of race and ethnicity. French Language Proficiency Certificate, Princeton University, 2006.
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