Adriane Fresh

Adriane Fresh is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in political economy and institutions with a focus on elite responses to economic/institutional changes. She holds a PhD (2017) and MA (2015) from Stanford University, and a BA (2007) in Economics, Latin American Studies, and Math from New York University.

Her research examines elite persistence strategies during transformations like the British Industrial Revolution, U.S. post-Civil War enfranchisement, and modern election administration. Methodologically, she emphasizes causal inference in observational research and NLP for historical texts. Her work has been supported by the NSF, Duke Endowment, and Stanford research centers.

• Teaches graduate methods courses and undergraduate institutional design seminars
• Co-taught accredited courses at San Quentin Prison and Turney Industrial Complex
• Former Brookings Institution Research Assistant (Economic Studies/GED Departments)

Awards include Top 5% Duke teaching recognition (2020/2021) and Stanford's Centennial TA Award (2014).