Christina Wolbrecht
Political Science
Professor of Political Science; C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program
- Gender politics
- Political parties
- Interest groups
- Mass behavior
- American politics and american political development
- Women and politics
- Agenda-setting and issue framing
- Women's suffrage
- 19th Amendment
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Wolbrecht in the News
WNDU
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March 20, 2025
“Women have always been involved in politics in the United States. From the founding and before,” says Christina Wolbrecht, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
Mother Jones
November 05, 2024
To make sense of these currents, I spoke with Notre Dame political scientist Christina Wolbrecht, whose focuses on the politics of women’s rights.
Good Authority
September 11, 2024
By David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht
The New York Times
July 23, 2024
If ultimately not successful, Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy did change the idea of what was possible, said Christina Wolbrecht, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame who studies women’s voting patterns.
WNDU
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May 21, 2024
This week, [Notre Dame] is hosting its inaugural Global Democracy Conference. Serious concerns were expressed at a panel discussion on the state of democracy in the U.S. “I fear that we are going to rip apart as a country because so many of the things that used to unify Americans, no longer do,” said Notre Dame’s David Campbell. “Democrats usually have more elaborate systems about this, but the Trump campaign has also been mobilizing 100,000 election observers,” explained Notre Dame’s Christina Wolbrecht.
Associated Press
May 05, 2023
“At this point, the American people have a pretty good sense of Donald Trump’s character, so it is unlikely that the Carroll trial will change many voters’ minds,” said Christina Wolbrecht, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies politics and gender.
Boston Public Radio
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March 14, 2023
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Notre Dame political scientist Christina Wolbrecht about the legacy of Rep. Pat Schroeder, who died at the age of 82.
NPR
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October 10, 2022
The 19th's Mariel Padilla, Notre Dame's Christina Wolbrecht, Bellwether Research and Consulting's Christine Matthews, and AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond join us for the conversation.
The 19th
August 19, 2021
The suffrage anniversary raises questions of who is American, who gets to have a say and who gets to participate in our democracy, said University of Notre Dame political scientist Christina Wolbrecht.
The New York Times
April 22, 2021
Other research has also found that for some young people who were disappointed by the Trump presidency, it awakened their interest in political involvement, according to David Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht, both political scientists at Notre Dame.
USA Today
February 19, 2021
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The New York Times
January 21, 2021
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