Jack Starobin

Jack Starobin (he/they) is a predoctoral fellow working with Jacob Hacker, ISPS faculty fellow and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, and Paul Pierson, John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His current research draws on geospatial data and American political history to understand the Democratic Party’s political strategy, policy choices, and electoral performance in a post-industrial knowledge economy. Starobin also has theoretical interests in the politics of space, identity formation, and dissent. Before joining CSAP, Jack worked as a data analyst and litigation assistant at the ACLU of Pennsylvania. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in political science, a B.A. in economics, a minor in survey research and data analytics, and a minor in Hispanic studies.