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Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. She earned her PhD from Harvard in 1975. Her influential work encompasses a wide range of topics including American politics, political sociology, social revolutions, and the modern welfare state, with a strong emphasis on comparative historical sociology. Skocpol has published extensively, with notable works like 'States and Social Revolutions' (1979) and 'Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States' (1992). Her contributions to the field have earned her numerous accolades, including the 1993 Woodrow Wilson Award from the American Political Science Association for outstanding book in political science. Skocpol also served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2005-2007 and as Director of the Center for American Political Studies from 2000-2006. Her recent research interests focus on U.S. social policy, civic engagement, and the transformations in U.S. higher education and federal policies during the Obama era.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Teaching and conducting research in the fields of government and sociology.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).