Jennifer Chudy

Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Political Science

Wellesley College

at time of fellowship

2022 to 2023

Visiting Scholar

Academic Discipline:

Sociology

Research Priority:

Future of Work

Research Topics:

Ethnic/Race Studies

Identity

Political Science

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Chudy will work on research examining racial sympathy, defined as White distress over Black suffering, and its role in American politics. She will explore whether and how the Trump presidency and recent racial unrest have impacted racial sympathy and how racial sympathy might be channeled into political action.

I’m curious in investigating a very specific political outcome, ‘Do white people who carry sympathy over black suffering tend to vote more in line with those views, do they protest, do they donate money to candidates who prioritize racial justice issues?’