Traci Burch

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Research Professor

750 N. Lake Shore Drive
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

Joint appointment

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University

Education

Ph.D., Government & Social Policy, Harvard University

Curriculum vitae

Bio

Traci Burch holds appointments as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Northwestern University and a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. Her dissertation, Punishment and…

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Research focus

U.S. politics, political behavior, race and ethnic politics, criminal justice. Current research examines the effects of criminal convictions and incarceration on individual and neighborhood voter participation; changes in racial categorization as a result of intermarriage and immigration; and interest group participation in the Supreme Court.

Projects

Imprisonment and Neighborhood Political Participation: Latest finding: Oct 5, 2009; By 2007, more than 2.25 million people were in prison in the United States. In an election year where every vote counts and our political system seems poised for a dramatic change, it is imperative…

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Publications

"Can the New Commander-In-Chief Sustain His All Volunteer Standing Army?": The Dubois Review: Social Science Research on Race
“American Politics and the Not-So-Benign Neglect of Criminal Justice”: Routledge
“Political Voice in an Age of Inequality”: University of Michigan Press

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Presentations

Turnout and Party Registration among Convicted Offenders during the 2008 Presidential Election: Nov 2009
‘I Wanted to Vote for History:’ Turnout and Party Registration among Convicted Offenders during the 2008 Presidential Election: Sep 2009
Concentrated Incarceration: How Neighborhood Incarceration Decreases Voter Registration: Apr 2007

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Professional Service & Recognition

American Political Science Association E.E. Schattschneider Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the field of American Government and Politics (2009)
American Political Science Association Willam Anderson Award
2008 APSA Urban Section Best Dissertation in Urban Politics Award
Associate Editor, Law and Social Inquiry
Harvard University Toppan Prize for the best dissertation in political science
Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences Research Fellowship
Doctoral Fellow, Malcolm Weiner Center for Inequality and Social Policy