
Barbara A Trish
Director of Rosenfield Program
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights and Professor of Political Science, with a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Ms. Trish is a generalist in U.S politics, with political parties, electoral politics and technology frequently at the intersection of her teaching and scholarship. Her book Inside the Bubble (Routledge) will be released on fall 2021.
Her article “Big Data under Obama and Trump: The Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency” was published in Politics and Governance, and – as a member of the Diversity Scholars Network at the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) – she contributed to the series Voting and Equity in the United States. Additionally, her comments and analyses of contemporary politics have been published in a variety of media outlets.
Do Democrats Follow the Rules? in The Hill, July 30, 2019
Congress isn't paying its interns enough in The Washington Post, September 2, 2018
Ms. Trish’s courses, in one way or another, expose students to the methods of empirical and quantitative political science. (She liked data before it became fashionable!) Most of her courses involve a significant research project in which students collect and analyze data.
While at Grinnell, Ms. Trish has had a variety of involvements outside of the Rosenfield Program and her department. Among these are the college's Program in Practical Political Education (PPPE) and efforts to enhance quantitative literacy. Grinnell's long-standing relationship with Nanjing University is one of her special interests.
Education and Degrees
Ph.D., Ohio State University
In the News
Who Won the First Democratic Debate
U.S. News / October 14, 2015
U.S. News / April 27, 2016
Salon / June 23, 2016
The Democrats Seize the Moment
U.S. News / July 29, 2016
The More Trump Messes up, the More Votes Clinton Gets
Fortune / August 18, 2016
Don't Bend the Rules for Johnson
U.S. News / September 16, 2016
U.S. News / February 24, 2017
What Trump Still Doesn't Get After 100 Days in Office
Fortune / April 30, 2017
America can move past the toxic politics of the Trump era - but it won't be easy
Co-written with Eliza Willis / Salon / August 9, 2017
Why politicians are so eager to claim the outsider mantle
Washington Post / March 26, 2018