Barbara A Trish

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.

From recording videos in a closet to Zoom meditating, 2020’s political campaigns adjust to the pandemic in The Conversation, October, 2020

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

How Athletes are Changing the Conversation about Racism in The Washington Post (Made by History), October 16, 2018.

(with Eliza Willis) America Can Move Past the Toxic Politics of the Trump Era — But It Won’t Be Easy, Salon, August 9, 2017

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.