Shana Kushner Gadarian

Shana Kushner Gadarian
Born
Shana Alyse Kushner

1979 (age 4546)
OccupationProfessor
Spouse
Michael David Gadarian
(m. 2005)
Academic background
EducationRutgers University (B.A.)
Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.)
ThesisThe politics of threat: terrorism, media, and foreign policy opinion (November 2008)
Doctoral advisorTali Mendelberg
Academic work
InstitutionsSyracuse University
University of California, Berkeley
Swarthmore College
Princeton University
Notable worksAnxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World
Websitesgadaria.expressions.syr.edu

Shana Alyse Kushner Gadarian (born 1979) is an American political scientist, political psychologist, and educator. She is the Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. Her co-authored book Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World received the Robert E. Lane Award for being the best book in political psychology published in 2015.