Claire Adida

Claire Adida is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.^[1] She is also a faculty affiliate at the Policy Design and Evaluation Lab, the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, the Stanford Immigration Policy Lab, and the Evidence in Governance and Politics Group.^[2] She is on the editorial board of the American Political Science Review.^[3] She is known for research on comparative ethnic policies focusing on identity, immigration and integration, inter-group cooperation and conflict, as well as the use of survey experiments.^[4][5][6][7] She has a PhD in political science from Stanford University. Her research projects have covered how voters in West Africa hold politicians accountable; the experience of Somalis who immigrate to the United States, how to increase inclusionary attitudes towards Syrian refugees, among other topics.^[1]

Her partner is Jennifer Burney, Associate Professor and the Marshall Saunders Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Global Climate Policy and Research at the University of California, San Diego.^[8] They have two children.^[8]