Ashley Jardina (PhD, U-M Political Science, 2014) has won the APSA Robert E. Lane Award for the best book published in political psychology. Her work, White Identity Politics, "offers a landmark analysis of emerging patterns of white identity and collective political behavior, drawing on sweeping data."

Ashley Jardina is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Her research explores the nature of racial attitudes, the development of group identities, and the way in which these factors influence political preferences and behavior.