Anastasia Brown
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentPolitical Science
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Anastasia serves the department as the Experimental Lab Coordinator. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University studying American Politics. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Lake Forest College with minor fields in Global Politics and Women, Sexuality and Gender Studies. Her research interests include: women in politics, state politics, political behavior, and political methodology. She has presented her own work at conferences, including Visions in Methodology (2024), State Politics and Policy (2024), Gender & Politics (2025), and the Western Political Science Association (2026). She regularly attends the conference hosted by the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois (her hometown). She has also published her work in political science journals such as American Politics Research and regularly provides peer-reviewed feedback for top political science journals such as Political Behavior and Political Research Quarterly.
PhD in Political Science, Arizona State University (exp. 2027)
BA in Philosophy, Lake Forest College (2021)
AA in Liberal Arts, College of Lake County (2019)
American Politics
Political Representation
Women and Politics
Legislative Studies
Fridkin, Kim, Trudy Horsting, Anastasia Brown and Alexandra M. Williams. 2024. Explaining COVID-19 How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation. American Politics Research, 52(3): 203–224. DOI:10.1177/1532673X231220650.
Individual Papers:
Attitudes about MMDs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YffTJxv2dftjE1swFQwMWkEPpNJN_BCS/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109580550210469851835&rtpof=true&sd=true
Raised to Run?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ynfZtJkjNefbWlICJiMIfasE0Ba9nAIp/view?usp=drive_link
Gender, Emotions and Ambition (Group Paper): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dmiiNmW-yN0uIR4qY2WmG3mUizNXSeBC/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109580550210469851835&rtpof=true&sd=true
MMDs, Professionalization and Women's Representation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZmrl_4ljSF84b_bpBJ-E7iZtDGFnNkX/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=109580550210469851835&rtpof=true&sd=true
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PPS 511 | Public Opinion |
| POS 511 | Public Opinion |
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| POS 435 | Women and Politics |
| POS 435 | Women and Politics |
Graduate Student Excellence Award (2024), Arizona State University Graduate College
Roger A. White 60' Prize in Philosophy (2021), Lake Forest College
Society for Political Methodology (member)
Midwest Political Science Association (member)