Professor Susan Hyde
Professor Susan Hyde
UC Berkeley, Political Science
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
7:00 PM – JOIN AT 6:45 PM
Title of Talk: Did US Democracy Bend or Break? Democratic Institutions in Global Context
The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club welcomes Susan Hyde, Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Her field os study is international influences on domestic politics with a focus on the developing world, international election observation, election fraud, and democracy promotion. She has published articles in academic journals, including Science magazine with the article “Democracy’s Backsliding in the International Environment
Susan D. Hyde is a Professor of Political Science, the Avice M. Saint Chair in Public Policy, and the Interim Co-Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies international influences on domestic politics, teaches courses on international relations and comparative politics, and is active in promoting policy-relevant research. She is an expert on international election observation, election fraud, democracy promotion, international norms, and field experimental methods. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2006, was on the faculty at Yale University from 2006-2016, and held residential fellowships at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and Princeton University’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. From 2016-2018 she served a three year elected term as the Executive Director of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network. She has published numerous journal articles, most recently in International Organization and Science, and several books
Professor Susan Hyde