Martha Kropf

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I’m a Core Faculty member in Charlotte’s Interdisciplinary Public Policy Program

I study Election Science (election conduct and administration), Voting Behavior, and Public Opinion.

Steering Committee Member, Commission on the Future of North Carolina Elections

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      Dr. Martha Kropf is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her Ph.D. is from American University in Washington, DC in Political Science (fields: American Politics and Public Policy). She worked two years at the University of Maryland Survey Research Center (Project Coordinator) and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before coming to UNC Charlotte. Her areas of research include the study of elections and election reform, voting and political mobilization. She has published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Aspen Institute.
      Dr. Martha Kropf is Professor of Political Science & Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her Ph.D. is from American University in Washington, DC in Political Science (fields: American Politics, Public Policy and Public Economics). She worked two years at the University of Maryland Survey Research Center (Project Coordinator) and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before coming to UNC Charlotte. Her areas of research include the study of elections and election reform, voting and political mobilization. She has published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Aspen Institute.

      Institutions and the Right to Vote in America. 2016. Palgrave.

      Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform, 2012, Routledge (with David C. Kimball).

      Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform (Paperback) book cover

      Courses Taught

      • Introduction to American Politics
      • Voting and Elections
      • Public Opinion
      • Service Learning: Analyzing Elections with Exit Polls
      • Political Science Research Methods
      • Public Policy Process (Ph.D. Level)
      • Research Design for Public Policy (Ph.D. Level)

      Technical Appendices for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Norms of Cooperation, Public Broadcasting and the Collective Action Problem” in Social Science Quarterly, September 2009