Suzanne Mettler

Government
John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, College of Arts and Sciences

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Contact Information

217 White Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Suzanne Mettler

Government
John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, College of Arts and Sciences

Expertise

American political development; public policy; political behavior

Current Research Interest

Effects of health care reform on public opinion; state of American democracy; how economic inequality influences American politics

Distinction

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Social Insurance
American Political Science Association Martha Derthick Best Book Award
American Political Science Association J. David Greenstone Prize
American Political Science Association Gladys M. Kammerer Awards

Selected Publication

Mettler, Suzanne. The Government-Citizen Disconnect. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2018.

Mettler, Suzanne. Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream. New York: Basic Books, 2014.

Cornell Research Website Video

A Paradoxical Relationship to the Federal Government