Anna Grzymala
Anna Maria Grzymala-Busse is an American political scientist. She is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Director of The Europe Center at Stanford University. Grzymala-Busse is known for her research on state development and transformation, religion and politics, political parties, informal political institutions, and post-communist politics. Previously, she was the Ronald Eileen Weiser Professor at University of Michigan.
Grzymala-Busse received a doctorate in government from Harvard University in 2000. Grzymala attended Princeton University and Cambridge University.
In 2017, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Books
- Nations under God. How Churches Use Moral Authority to Influence Policy. Princeton University Press. Princeton 2015.
- Rebuilding Leviathan. Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007.
- Redeeming the Communist Past. The Regeneration of the Communist Successor Parties in East Central Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002.
Awards
- 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, Field: Political Science
- 2017 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, Nations under God
- 2017 Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section APSA, Nations under God
- 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
- 2016 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, Honorable Mention, APSA, Nations under God
- 2016 Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section APSA, Nations under God
- 2012 Alexander George Award for Best Article, Qualitative Methods Section APSA
- 2008 Ed A. Hewett Prize for Best Publication on the Political Economy of the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe
- 2000 Gabriel Amond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics; American Political Science Association
