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
Women in Politics
Experiments
Comparative State Politics
Fridkin, Kim, Trudy Horsting, Anastasia Brown and Alexandra M. Williams. Explaining COVID-19 How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation (Forthcoming at American Politics Research)
Working Papers
Brown, Anastasia. Professionalized Multi-Member Districts and Women’s Representation in American State Legislatures.
Brown, Anastasia. Attitudes about Multi-Member Districts: An Experiment
Brown, Anastasia. Family Structure and Political Ambition
Visions in Methodology. (Poster). Washington University in St. Louis. (May 2024)
Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL. (April 2024, 2025, 2026)
State Politics and Policy. (Poster). University of Virginia. (May 2024)
Politics & Gender. Rutgers University. (May 2025)
Western Political Science Association. Vancouver, Canada. (March 2024)
Western Political Science Association. San Diego, California. (April 2026)
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PPS 511 | Public Opinion |
| POS 511 | Public Opinion |
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| POS 435 | Women and Politics |
| POS 435 | Women and Politics |
Tom Carsey Student Fellowship (2024), State Politics & Policy Conference
Visions in Methodology Travel Award (2024), Society for Political Methodology
School of Politics and Global Studies Conference Travel Award (2024), Arizona State University.
ASU Graduate College Travel 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)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record). Masters of Political Psychology. Arizona State University. (Aug 2026 - Dec 2026)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record). School of Politics and Global Studies. Arizona State University. (May 2026 - July 2026)
Experimental Lab Coordinator. School of Politics and Global Studies. Arizona State University. (Aug 2023 - Jan 2026)
Experimental Lab Assistant. School of Politics and Global Studies. Arizona State University. (Oct 2021 - July 2023)
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Masters of Political Psychology. Arizona State University. (Oct 2021 - December 2024)
Graduate Teaching Assistant. School of Politics and Global Studies. Arizona State University. (Aug 2021 - Dec 2021)
Research Assistant. Lake Forest College, Dr. Ajar Chekirova (Jan 2020 - Jan 2021)
Writing Center Tutor. College of Lake County. (Aug 2017 - July 2021)
Conference (Poster) Discussant. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting. (2025, 2026)
Conference Volunteer. Building a Political Psychology Four Corners Network, Arizona State University (2023)
Peer Reviewer. American Politics Review, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly