

Political Science
Nancy Reeves Dreux Assistant Professor of Political Science
The Globe & Mail (Canada)
November 11, 2024
“They could become a powerful force in politics,” says Erin Rossiter, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, who studied how Swifties were still advocating for customer rights many months later, including co-ordinating an international effort to help fans get legitimate concert tickets.
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2024
Swifties for Kamala “fully expected this statement to come,” said Erin L. Rossiter, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Now that they have this endorsement, it legitimizes what they’re doing so they can be more powerful in their organizing” — even if the groundwork was already laid.
The New York Times
September 12, 2024
Swifties for Kamala “fully expected this statement to come,” said Erin L. Rossiter, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “Now that they have this endorsement, it legitimizes what they’re doing so they can be more powerful in their organizing” — even if the groundwork was already laid.
Time
June 25, 2024
Erin Rossiter, one of the researchers, says that while it’s not clear the extent to which Swifties’ complaints led to the U.S. Department of Justice suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, she and her colleague “like to think and speculate” that this grassroots effort among Swifties “shed light on this issue.”
Futurity
June 05, 2024
University of Notre Dame researchers Erin Rossiter, a professor of political science, and Jeff Harden, a professor in the political science department, tested a political science theory called “issue publics.”