Dr Ann Gordon
Associate Professor; Director, Henley Social Sciences Laboratory
Political Science
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Expertise: Fear in America; Natural and Man-Made Disasters; Disaster Preparedness
Office Location: Roosevelt Hall 259
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10-11 a.m. and by appointment.
Email: agordon@chapman.edu
- Education:
- California State University, Northridge, Bachelor of Arts
Arizona State University, Master of Arts
University of Southern California, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Ann Gordon is an associate professor of political science. She is the director
of the Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Research Laboratory. Dr. Gordon has
published five books and numerous articles. She is Co-PI of the ongoing Chapman University
Survey of American Fears (CSAF). The CSAF has been featured in over 1,000 print and
broadcast media including the New York Times, The Huffington Post, CBS This Morning,
Yahoo News, Good Housekeeping, the Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal,
and TIME.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Homeland InSecurity : Terrorism, Mass Shootings and the Public (with Kai Hamilton-Gentry) Routledge, March 2021
- Fear Itself : the Causes and Consequences of Fear in America, (with Chris Bader, Ed Day and Joseph Baker) New York University Press, March 2020