Andrew Thompson is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is in American politics, political behavior, and experimental methods.
Substantively, his recent work focuses on the causal role of racial threat in democratic erosion within the mass American public. His book manuscript (under review at Oxford University Press) and a series of recent articles articulate the logic behind how the public’s perceptions on racial demographic changes consistently shift their views of democracy and support for political violence. Thompson’s research appears in Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, among other outlets.
Thompson received his PhD at Northwestern University and his BA at Marquette University. Prior to coming to the University of Pennsylvania, Thompson was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.