Dr. Sydney L. Carr-Glenn

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Dr. Sydney L. Carr-Glenn is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross located in Worcester, MA. Dr. Carr-Glenn received her PhD in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Michigan (2023). She previously received her B.A. in political science from the University of Connecticut (2018) and M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan (2020).

 

Dr. Carr-Glenn's research has been funded by numerous prestigious fellowships including the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the APSA Minority Fellowship Program, the Center for American Women & Politics Research Grant, and the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research Hanes Walton Jr. Fellowship, among others. Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed academic journals including The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Journalism, among others. In addition, her work has been recognized with the the Best Faculty Paper Award at the 2026 National Conference of Black Political Scientists. 

 

Dr. Carr-Glenn's primary research interests include American political behavior, race, ethnicity, and politics, gender and politics, and political communication. Her book project, Public Opinion, News Media, and Black Women in Politics utilizes a novel multi-methodological approach in order to examine the ways in which Black women political elites are susceptible to intersectional-based disadvantages in the context(s) of American public opinion and the news media, relative to their peers who adhere to other race-gender identities. In doing so, Dr. Carr-Glenn employs several methodological techniques including the implementation and analysis of several original large-N survey experiments, content-analyses of television news transcript data, as well as elite interviews with Black women currently serving in positions of elective office. This book manuscript is the first of its kind to use such a widespread approach in order to test a relatively unresolved question, as it pertains to the nuanced experiences of Black women in the political arena. 

 

Moreover, Dr. Carr-Glenn's work broadly grapples with the unique experiences faced by Black women political elites, the factors that influence voter support for minority candidates, as well as news media coverage of minority political figures, among other topics. This work is critical at a time when the political arena continues to grow more diverse across racial and gender lines than ever before. Further, Dr. Carr-Glenn remains committed to centering the experiences of marginalized political leaders within her work, and particularly those with intersecting identities. In addition to peer-reviewed research, she has written public scholarship and has also provided media commentary for national news outlets, including The 19th.

 

​For more information pertaining to Dr. Carr-Glenn's CV, book project, publications, as well as contact information for media and speaking engagements, please explore this website!