Faculty Fellows

Dara Strolovitch

Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Professor of American Studies and Political Science

Dara Z. Strolovitch is a professor of women’s gender, and sexuality studies; American studies, and political science at Yale, where her research and teaching focus on political representation, social movements, and the intersecting politics of race, class, gender, and sexuality. She received her B.A. in political Sscience from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in political Sscience from Yale. She taught previously at the University of Minnesota and at Princeton University.

Milan Svolik

Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science

Milan Svolik is Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science at Yale University. His research and teaching focus on comparative politics, political economy, and formal political theory.

He has authored and co-authored articles on the politics of authoritarian regimes and democratization in leading political science journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics.

Ian Turner

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Steven Wilkinson

Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Steven I. Wilkinson (Ph.D., MIT) is dean of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies and professor of political science and international affairs at Yale University. Prior to taking up the FAS dean position in January 2025 he served as Henry R.

David Wilkinson

Senior Fellow

Emma Zang

Associate Professor of Sociology and Biostatistics

Emma Zang is an associate professor of sociology (with tenure) at Yale University, with secondary appointments in biostatistics and global affairs. She directs the Computational Aging, Family, and Evidence Lab (Z-CAFE) and serves as the founding faculty organizer of the Yale Population Studies Speaker Series, which brings together scholars working on population and health research. Zang completed her Ph.D. in public policy in 2019 and her M.A. in economics in 2017, both from Duke University.

Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Advancing Research • Shaping Policy • Developing Leaders

Faculty Fellows