Samuel J. Abrams
Visiting Scholar
Samuel J. Abrams is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on questions of related civic and political culture and American ideologies. He is concurrently a professor of politics and social science at Sarah Lawrence College, and a faculty fellow with New York University’s Center for Advanced Social Science Research. Dr Abrams is actively involved with the Theodore Roosevelt Library, the Pharos Foundation, and Foundation as well as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
Dr. Abrams has been widely published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Real Clear, The Washington Post, The American Interest, Minding the Campus, Deseret, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. He is the author of several books on a variety of topics including public opinion, Congress, religion and society, and polarization. His scholarly articles have been featured in peer-reviewed journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, The Jewish Journal, and PS: Political Science & Politics. His upcoming book is about the decline and revival of the American Jewish community and Abrams is presently working on two book projects exploring partisanship, polarization, and society and Gen Z on college campuses.
Dr. Abrams has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and is an alumnus of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Program on Inequality and Social Policy. He received his A.B. in political science and sociology from Stanford University. He is happy to cheer on the Mets, visits the comic shop every Wednesday, and loves exploring the world with his children.