Lauren A. Wright, Ph.D., is Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University where she teaches courses on The Presidency and Executive Power, Women and Politics, and Political Communication. An active political analyst, she is a NewsNation Political Contributor and has also appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, and ABC, where she has served as a guest co-host of The View. Her research and commentary have been featured in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, among other publications. Dr. Wright graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Wake Forest University and received a Ph.D. from Georgetown University, where her focus was American government and political methodology. Her academic interests include presidential politics, political messaging, women and politics, and public opinion. She is a board member of The White House Transition Project and author of Star Power: American Democracy in the Age of the Celebrity Candidate (Routledge, 2020) and On Behalf of the President: Presidential Spouses and White House Communications Strategy Today (Praeger, 2016).