Karin Kitchens

Karin Kitchens, Assistant Professor

_{Department of Political Science

524 Major Williams Hall (0130)

220 Stanger Street

Blacksburg, VA 24061

540-231-8475 | kkitchens@vt.edu}

Dr. Kitchens' research focuses on the effects of segregation and diversity on public good investment, particularly for public education. She is a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Research on Children in the United States at Georgetown University. She also continues to work on projects at RAND Corporation. For more details about research interests, please visit Dr. Kitchens’ personal website at karinkitchens.com

Principal Areas of Research Focus

Politics of Education
Local Politics
Research Methods
American Politics

Education

PhD, Georgetown University, Government
Masters of Arts in Government, Georgetown University
Masters of Science in Statistics, University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Tennessee

Professional Roles

American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association

Awards and Honors

Norton Long Young Scholar, American Political Science Association, 2015
National Science Foundation Travel Fund for the Political Methodology Conference, 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

“The Hispanic Extracurricular Participation Gap in Middle School" Karin Kitchens and William Gormley (2017) Forthcoming at Social Science Quarterly

“Why Aren't There More Republican Women in Congress: Gender, Partisanship, and Fundraising Support in the 2010 and 2012 Elections." Karin Kitchens and Michele Swers (2016) Politics and Gender

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