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Carah Ong Whaley, PhD

Academics Program Officer, Center for Politics at University of Virginia
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Carah has developed innovative pedagogy melding scholarship and experiential learning to teach courses on civic engagement, campaigns and elections, and state and local politics. Her dissertation explored the politics of cleaning up the environmental contamination that resulted from the testing, development and production of nuclear weapons, with a focus on the role of community-based groups in developing expertise and engaging the public in policy- and decision-making processes.

Recent research and publications include American Government: Roots and Reform (co-authored chapters with Dr. Larry Sabato on Political Parties, Campaigns, Elections and Voting, and The Media). With Dr. Walter Heinecke, she is co-editing a new book series on “Global Civic Engagement” (Forthcoming, Information Age Press).

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State Expertise: Va.
Speaks: English

I can help with...

  • Campaign Finance
  • Civil Unrest
  • Election Results
  • Mail-in Voting
  • Voter Behavior

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