scholar

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I’m an election law scholar who focuses on election administration.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

As the biographer and literary scholar Carla Kaplan recounts in “Troublemaker,” Jessica started an escape plan early, opening a bank account at 12 to build up running-away funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"This bill doesn't just create problems... it throws our lives out of order completely," said PhD scholar Vaibhav Das, who identifies as non‑binary.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

"What it does is highlight some of the lack of transparency," says economist Alison Sexton Ward, a senior scholar at USC.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

An Osage scholar once observed, “Walking through an Osage cemetery and seeing the gravestones that show the inordinate numbers of young people who died in the period is chilling.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann