Samuel Frederick is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Columbia University, studying partisanship and political methodology in American politics. His dissertation examines the causes of affective polarization among politicians and the implications of this polarization for representation and governance.
Mr. Frederick’s dissertation is supported by the Russell Sage Foundation, the Rapoport Family Foundation, the Eisenhower Institute, and the Center for Effective Lawmaking. His research is published in American Politics Research and the Journal of Social Computing.
He also has interests in political methodology, applying machine learning and natural language processing to the measurement of polarization.
Prior to attending Columbia, Mr. Frederick graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in political science and German.
