Shahana Sheikh

Shahana Sheikh studies political behavior and party-voter linkages, with a regional focus on South Asia. Her research agenda is centered on party strategy, campaigns, and political participation. Shahana completed her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. Her dissertation examined how Internet-based communication technologies—including social media—affect the behavior of political parties and voters in India. She uses a variety of research methods, including in-depth, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, grounded theory, content analysis, surveys, and survey experiments. Prior to her Ph.D., Shahana was a policy researcher in the areas of urban governance and public finance in India.

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