Unconventional: Understanding the Democrats' Extraordinary Summer

Daniel Schlozman is Joseph and Bertha Bernstein Associate Professor of Political Science. He studies political parties, American political development, social movements, and political history. He has written two books, both published by Princeton University Press: The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics (2024), coauthored with Sam Rosenfeld; and When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History  (2015). He is now working on a book about the relationship between financialization and center-left parties in the US and the UK since the 1970s.

Caroline Grey (she/her), A&S '06, serves as Chief of Staff to the U.S Department of Energy’s Undersecretary for Infrastructure helping to implement $100B of clean energy infrastructure awards granted as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Prior to joining DOE, she played integral roles in three winning Presidential campaigns, including as a States Director on Biden for President, leading internal polling as a Director on the Analytics team of the 2012 re-election campaign Obama for America, and beginning her career as an organizer for Senator Obama during the 2007 Iowa caucus. She has deep experience scaling organizations from 3 to 5,000, never straying from impact or joy. Grey co-founded Civis Analytics in 2013, a data science and technology firm that empowers organizations to engage the people they care about most. In 2023, Caroline was a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association's Public Service Award. 

Disclaimer: Grey is participating in this panel in her personal capacity, and not on behalf of the Department of Energy or the federal government. Her comments are her personal opinions only.