The President Versus The Post Office

The President Versus The Post Office

Susan Stokes, faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, was a featured guest on WBUR’s On Point program this past Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She discussed the politicization of U.S. institutions, in particularly the postal service. She explained that...
What spurs a protest?

What spurs a protest?

In a recent Harper Lecture, Prof. Susan Stokes, faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, examined protests in the context of the global pandemic. In a conversation moderated by Kevin Kromash, CCD Senior Research Associate, Prof. Stokes drew from her...
“Why Bother” wins the David O. Sears Book Award

“Why Bother” wins the David O. Sears Book Award

Why Bother?: Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests, co-authored by CCD faculty director Susan Stokes and S. Erdem AytaƧ, has received the 2020 David O. Sears Book Award from the International Society of Political Psychology. This award is given for the...

A Message from CCD’s Faculty Director

To the Chicago Center on Democracy community: I would like to reach out to you to share a few of my thoughts, given the past few weeks’ whirlwind of protests, news coverage, and conversations sparked by the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and other...