Welcome

I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Florida International University.

Before my career in higher education, I worked in international trade as a licensed U.S. Customs Broker. I became more interested in the relationship between the public and private sector through that experience. Ultimately, it led me to a doctoral program in political science at Kent State University in Ohio.  I am particularly interested in social movements and how citizens can impact public policy. My recent publications and research have focused on democracy, social movements, and election administration.

I spent 9 months working at the Palm Beach County (FL) Supervisor of Elections office in 2020 where I managed Early Voting for the primary and general elections. My experience with the elections office has informed my latest research agenda: election administration. My co-authors and I are researching the impact of the 2020 elections on elections officials and poll workers through the concepts of administrative burden and emotional labor. We are also interested in how gender plays a role in the decisions elections officials make to stay or leave their positions in an increasingly chaotic and threatening environment.

I truly enjoy teaching and feel that political science and public policy are necessary courses for understanding how the world works. Students need a good basis of knowledge about political systems, philosophy, ideology, political economy, and sociology. I am also interested in bridging the gap between academics and practitioners by working with all policy stakeholders and presenting information in a more accessible way. To this end, I have joined like-minded academics in the Scholars Strategy Network.

Contact Information

Email: amaclark at fiu.edu  / LinkedIn

SSN: https://scholars.org/scholar/amanda-clark