CAS Lecture Series - Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa: Everyday Production of Democratic Legitimacy

Speaker: Nichola Kerr (University of Florida)

Nicholas N. Kerr is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Florida. His research interests include comparative institutions, democratization, electoral integrity, public opinion, and African politics. His book, Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa, is published with Oxford University Press and he has also published in leading journals, including Comparative Politics, Governance, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Studies, Political Psychology, and Electoral Studies. Nicholas has experience conducting fieldwork and organizing elite and mass surveys in several African countries and has advised numerous prominent democracy promotion and political development organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Williams College.