Notable Achievements

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Katie Aha attended the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. Her paper with Linsey Jensen ’23, “Patterns of Radical Right Support in Czechoslovakia’s Successor States,” was part of a panel titled Left, Right, and Center, and she also served as chair and discussant for the panel European Political Institutions.

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Expertise

European politics, ethnic politics, party politics, democratic transitions

Dr. Katie Aha is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University. Her primary research agenda focuses on party politics and governing coalitions in countries where the party system is divided along ethnic lines. 

She received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. 

  • Dr. Katie Aha is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University. Her primary research agenda focuses on party politics and governing coalitions in countries where the party system is divided along ethnic lines. 

    She received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. 

  • Aha, Katharine. 2021. “Resilient Incumbents: Ethnic Minority Political Parties and Voter Accountability.“ Party Politics 27(4): 680-691.

    Aha, Katharine, Catherine Bourland Ross, and Catherine Hiebel. 2023. “Populism and Surrogacy in Spain.” Women’s Studies 52(1): 1-21.