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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State

Christopher Beem (PhD, University of Chicago) is Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. He is the author or co-editor of six books, including The Necessity of Politics (University of Chicago Press). His latest book is The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy (2022, Penn State University Press).

Experience

  • –present
    Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University