Allison Anoll is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Stanford University.  Her research interests bridge the subfields of American politics and REP (racial and ethnic politics), and include political participation and social movements; felony disenfranchisement policies; and political mobilization by parties and candidates.  Her dissertation examines how racial segregation and social norms influence patterns of political action in the United States across race and class.  Using a variety of methods including original observational data, survey experiments, and ethnographic research, she demonstrates that variations in the social value of political action across racial communities in America result in varied political behavior at the national scale.

 

During her time at Stanford, Allison’s research has been supported by Stanford’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, a Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Fellowship, The Laboratory for the Study of American Values, and The Institute for Research in Social Sciences.

 

In addition, Allison has taught courses through The Prison University Project at San Quentin Prison, Hope House Rehabilitation Center, and Stanford’s Pre-Collegiate Summer Program.  She was the Teaching Assistant for PoliSci 123: Politics and Public Policy and EthicSoci 171: Justice.  In recognition of her commitment to teaching, she was awarded the university-wide Centennial Teaching Assistant Award in 2014.