Kate M Kenski

Biography

Dr. Kate Kenski (Ph.D. 2006, University of Pennsylvania) is a Professor in the Department of Communication and School of Government & Public Policy where she teaches political communication, public opinion, and research methods. Prior to teaching at the University of Arizona, she was a senior analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She is co-author of The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election (2010, Oxford University Press), Capturing Campaign Dynamics: The National Annenberg Election Survey (2004, Oxford University Press), and Democracy Amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, & Persuasion (2023, Oxford University Press). She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication with Kathleen Hall Jamieson (2017). Dr. Kenski has published over 70 book chapters, articles, and research notes in publications such as the American Behavioral Scientist, Communication Research, Human Communication Research, the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and Public Opinion Quarterly. Her current research focuses on social media and incivility, gender and politics, and presidential campaigns. She is the chair of the International Communication Association’s Political Communication Division.

Degrees

• Ph.D. Communication
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge: Do Women Know Less Than Men About Politics?
• M.A. Communication
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• The Framing of Networks News Coverage During the First Three Months of the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
• B.A. Rhetoric & Media Studies
• Willamette University, Salem, Arizona, United States
• Messages of Intolerance: An Examination of the OCA’s Gay Pride?

Awards

• Eastern Communication Association Article of the Year
• Eastern Communication Association, Spring 2023
• OpEd - Thought Leadership Tucson Fellow
• Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona, Spring 2015
• Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona, Fall 2014
• Annenberg Public Policy Center Distinguished Research Fellow
• The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2014
• The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2014