Dr. Laura Tamman is a Professor of Political Science at Pace University in New York City
Her writing has been published by the New York Daily News City & State, US News and World Report, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, and Campaigns & Elections Magazine, and she frequently appears on television outlets such as NBC News 4 and Fox 5. She completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center, earned a Masters degree from Oxford University in England and a BA from the University of Georgia. She is a Professor American Politics at Pace University in New York City.
A scholar of American and Urban Politics, Laura uses quantitative methods to study political persuasion in the context of race and ethnicity. Informed by her two decades of experience working on the frontlines of political campaigns, her research examines the effects of campaign contact on election results. An expert on New York City politics, Laura has coauthored reports on the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and voter turnout.