Arica Schuett

I am the Moreau Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science Department at the University of Notre Dame. I study the influence of race on American politics with a focus on political participation.

My research examines the recent decline in Black support for Democratic presidential candidates and finds that middle-aged voters, men, and those with conservative views on race and gender were most likely to swing away from Democrats in 2024.​ I also study how the expansion of protest participation in 2020 changed the politics of those who participated, their communities, and the organizers themselves. A forthcoming paper in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics compares the mobilization strategies of new and veteran organizers during 2020 George Floyd protests.

My research has appeared in publications like Urban Studies and PS: Political Science & Politics, and has received media coverage in The New York Times.

I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University in 2026 and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington in 2019. Before that, I worked as a visual artist and bartender in Seattle, and taught drawing and painting at the Gage Academy of Art, Seattle Art Museum, and the Northwest African American Museum.