Julianne Lempert

Julianne is a fourth-year Political Science major with a Statistics and Data Science Minor. Her Political Science Departmental Honors Thesis, “How Black Lives Matter Protests Help or Hinder Black Candidacy,” is a robust quantitative election study. Divided into treatment and control elections based on protesting activity, the study examines the frequency and conditions of Black electoral success across political offices. She combines her passion for data and social justice, using statistical models to investigate avenues for social change. She has contributed to research in the Political Science Department under Professor Daniel Thompson, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health under Professor Jennifer Wagman, and at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Outside of research, she is the Policy Director for a student women’s advocacy club, IGNITE, and a writer for Bruin Review, a student newsmagazine. After graduating, she hopes to pursue a PhD in political science. Her intended career focus is American politics with an emphasis on election administration, candidate psychology, and voting behavior.