Lesley Lavery

Professor Lavery’s interests include American politics, political behavior, civic engagement and public policy. Her scholarship focuses specifically on the ways in which policy may influence political engagement and participation. Her recent work on education politics and policy and teachers unions appears in Politics and Policy, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and the Economics of Education Review.

Prior to coming to Macalester, Professor Lavery worked to educate and inspire 7-year-olds as a Teach for America corps member in San Jose, California and conducted research at the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington.