Matthew Levendusky is a professor of political science, as well as the Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a secondary (courtesy) appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication and serves as the Penny and Robert A. Fox Director of the Fels Institute of Government (2018 – 2026). He was previously Distinguished Fellow in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (2017 – 2019), as well as graduate group chairperson (2013 – 2018), associate professor (2013 – 2018), assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania (2007 – 2013), and a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for the Study of American Politics at Yale University (2006 – 2007). Levendusky obtained his PhD from Stanford University in 2006, and his BA (with highest honors) from The Pennsylvania State University in 2001. Since 2014, he has served as a decision desk analyst for NBC News.
