Dr. Nordlund received her Masters of Art and PhD in Political Science from Brown University. She has developed and taught such courses as Introduction to Public Policy, Urban & Suburban Politics, Race & Politics in the Age of Obama and more. Dr. Nordlund regularly serves as a Panel Discussant at the Midwest Political Science Conference. She is also a member of the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, the Western Political Science Association, and the Political Behavior Workshop at Northwestern University. She’s currently producing works focused on racial identification and minority representation, and the U.S. Census.