Rachael Cobb, PhD

Education

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• AB, Bryn Mawr College

Employment History

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Suffolk University, 2005-2006
• Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Suffolk University, 2006-2011
• Chair, Department of Government, Suffolk University, 2010-Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Government, Suffolk University, 2011-Present

Teaching Areas

• Public Policy
• Politics and Policy
• American Politics
• Election Law
• Research Methods
• Civic Engagement
• Political Participation

Research Interests

Cobb studies and teaches about election administration, civic engagement and political participation.

Publications/Selected Presentations

• Cobb, Rachael V. 2012. “Can Voter ID Laws Be Administered in a Race-Neutral Manner? Evidence from the City of Boston in 2008.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 7 (1): 1–33.
• Skocpol, Theda, Rachael V. Cobb, and Casey Andrew Klofstad. 2005. “Disconnection and Reorganization: The Transformation of Civic Life in Late-Twentieth-Century America.” Studies in American Political Development 19 (02): 137–56.

Public Policy Achievements/Work

• City of Boston Election Advisory Committee: member
• MassVOTE Board Member