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Assistant Professor of Political Science

Sari Rivera

Social Sciences
Olin Building

Education

PhD: Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center, 2021

MA: Political Science, New York University, 2008

BA: Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, 2003

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to American Politics
  • Presidency
  • Judicial Processes
  • Constitutional Law
  • Media & Politics 
  • Conspiracy Theories
  • Executive Branch Institutions
  • American Political Development
  • International Relations
  • Honors: Gone to the Dogs
  • Independent Study

Research, Publications, & Presentations

Rivera, Sari Krieger. 2024. “The Supreme Court’s Not-So-Uniquely Conservative Term.” Cleo and The Contemporary. [blog] July 24. 

Rivera, Sari Krieger. 2024. “Biden v. Trump: Parallels with the Past? Cleo and The Contemporary. [blog] June 30. 

American Political Science Association. 2024. Poster Presentation • Political Propaganda Parallels: Reconstruction and Trumpism Eras.

Rivera, Sari Krieger. 2023. Incentivizing Injustice: The 2008 Financial Crisis and Prosecutorial Indiscretion. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.

Rivera, Sari Krieger. 2023. “Review of the book by M. E. SoRelle, Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection.” Political Science Quarterly. Vol. 00, No. 0, 1–2

Greenblatt, Deborah and Sari Krieger Rivera. 2021. “Virtual reality: From crisis to creativity.” Education in a Democracy: A Journal of the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER).

American Political Science Association. 2021. Poster Presentation • Incentivizing Injustice: 2008 Financial Crisis Prosecutorial Indiscretions

Northeastern Political Science Association. 2015. Poster Presentation - Presidential Rhetoric and Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Professional Experience

Journalism - Debtwire/Financial Times, Consumer Reports, Thomson Reuters Group, Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones & Company, local newspapers. 

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