John B. Holbein

Dr. John B. Holbein is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He also has a courtesy appointment in the Curry School of Education and Human Development and UVA's Department of Politics. He writes about political participation, political inequality, democratic accountability, political representation, and education policy.

His work has been published in the American Political Science Review [4x], the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics [2x], the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Nature Human Behavior (to name a few). His research has also been supported by two large National Science Foundation grants.

His book--Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action--is forthcoming at Cambridge University Press. It explores ways to increase perpetually low rates of voter participation among young people.

His work has been covered by outlets such as the Washington Post, Vox, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, NPR, Bloomberg, Politico, Fast Company, Salon, Business Insider, the 74, VoxEu, and FiveThirtyEight.