Melissa Deckman

I study religion, gender and American politics. My latest book is Tea Party Women: Mama Grizzlies, Grassroots Leaders, and the Changing Face of the American Right(NYU Press 2016) and the fourth edition of my best-selling textbook, Women and Politics (Rowman & Littlefield), written with Julie Dolan and Michele Swers, will be available August 2019. I also chair the board of Public Religion Research Institute.