Katherine (Kathy) Cramer
Expert on civic engagement and political participation, student engagement, public opinion, racial dialogue, political discussion, deliberation, political communication
Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science; Professor of Political Science; Affiliate in J School, LaFollette School College of Letters and Science — Home and cell phones available upon request kathy.cramer@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @KathyJCramer
Topics
- Public opinion on public employees and government
- Political conversation and civic conversation programs, including dialogue on race relations
- Public opinion, esp. Wisconsin and rural-urban divides
- Public opinion responses to social and economic change since 1960s
- Analysis of Trump electorate
Achievements
- UW-Madison, Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, 2017-2022
- Inducted into Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, 2018
- Author of the award-winning book, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker
- Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019
- UW-Madison Chancellor Distinguished Teaching Award, 2006