Nicole Kazee

Nicole Kazee is an assistant professor in IGPA and the Department of Political Science at the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago.

Kazee earned her PhD from Yale University in May 2009 and joined IGPA in August 2009.

Kazee (pronounced Kuh-ZEE) researches American politics and policymaking, focusing currently on state and national health reform, as well as the anti-tax movement and its effect on state policy choices. She engages in both social science and applied policy research and writing.

“A joint appointment with political science and IGPA is the rare kind of position that allows me to live in both worlds,” she says.

Kazee’s research has been supported by full-year fellowships from the Brookings Institution, the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and PEO International. Kazee was also a fellow at Demos in New York.