Mileah Kromer
Kromer in 2022
Born1980/1981 (age 42–43)
Homer City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University of Pennsylvania
Louisiana State University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science, polling
InstitutionsElon University
Goucher College

Mileah Kay Kromer (born 1980/1981) is an American political scientist and pollster who is an associate professor and director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College. She operates the Goucher Poll.

Early life and education

Kromer was born and raised in Homer City, Pennsylvania in 1981 to Bernadette Mutz.[1][2] Kromer developed an interest in politics from her grandfather who regularly watched the evening news and read the newspaper daily.[3] She earned a B.A. in economics, cum laude, from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2003.[4] Robert Stonebraker served as a mentor during her undergraduate studies.[2] Kromer originally intended on studying economics but switched to political science at the suggestion of a professor who recognized her aptitude for statistics.[3] She earned a M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. in political science (2008) from the Louisiana State University.[4] Her dissertation was titled, Legislative Participation in the American States: Determinants and Consequences.[2] Kathleen Bratton was her doctoral advisor.[2]

Career

Kromer was a tenure-track assistant professor at Elon University where she served as an assistant director of the Elon University Poll.[5][2] She collaborated with Hunter Bacot on political polling and branding.[6] In 2012, she joined Goucher College where she is an associate professor of political science and director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics.[4][3] In this role, she launched the Goucher Poll.[6]


Selected works

  • Kromer, Mileah K. (2022). Blue-State Republican: How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-2188-3.

References

  1. ↑ Williams IV, John-John (2015-03-04). "Wedded: Mileah Kromer and Michael Madden". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kromer, Mileah Kay (2008). Legislative participation in the American states: determinants and consequences (Ph.D. thesis). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. doi:10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.3177.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mileah Kromer". Maryland Daily Record. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mileah Kromer". Goucher College. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Mileah Kromer & the Elon University Poll make national headlines". Today at Elon. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. 1 2 Cassie, Ron (2020-10-26). "In Just Eight Years, Mileah Kromer Has Built the Goucher Poll Into an Institution". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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