Dr. Debra Leiter is an associate professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She received her PhD from the University of California, Davis. An award-winning researcher and teacher, she studies comparative politics, primarily in Western Europe and North America. Her research examines the intersection of elections, parties, and voters, and how context shapes political decision-making. Her teaching focuses on political behavior, institutions, enivronmental politics, and representation, with a strong emphasis on undergraduate research. She also plays trumpet in Kansas City’s own Mid-America Freedom Band.
