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Rachel Porter

Notre Dame du Lac Assistant Professor of Political Science

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Office
2057 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
574-631-2391
Email
rachel.porter@nd.edu

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Biography

Rachel Porter is the Notre Dame du Lac Assistant Professor of Political Science. Her research interests include American political institutions and political methodology, with a particular focus on Congress, elite behavior, and methods for computational social science. Most recently, her work has sought to explore and explain the rising success of political amateurs in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives. Before coming to Notre Dame, she earned a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Political Science & International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

On leave Fall 2025 and Spring 2026

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