Valerie Sperling

I am a professor of political science at Clark University; my research lies largely at the intersection of gender politics and Russian politics. I have published a handful of books, including the award-winning Sex, Politics, & Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia (Oxford University Press, 2015), and, most recently, Trumping Politics as Usual: Masculinity, Misogyny, and the 2016 Elections (Oxford University Press, 2020, co-authored with Robert G. Boatright).