Dr. Mileah Kay Kromer
Department of Political Science
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Available for media inquiries
About
Dr. Mileah Kromer is the director of the UMBC Institute of Politics and an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science. With more than a decade of experience conducting public opinion research in Maryland, her research and related public commentary are regularly featured on state and local news and public affairs programming, leading her to be named one of The Daily Record’s Most Influential Marylanders.Dr. Kromer’s opinion writing has appeared in national outlets like POLITICO Magazine, CNN, The Washington Post, and The Hill. She is also the author of Blue State Republican: How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Why it Matters for a Future GOP (Temple University Press, 2022).
Prior to her work at UMBC, Kromer served as the Director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College, where she founded the Goucher College Poll. Dr. Kromer also served as the assistant director of the Elon University Poll, where she designed surveys on North Carolina politics and policy, and as a research associate at Louisiana State University’s Public Policy Research Lab while completing her Ph.D. in political science.
Research interests
American state politics, Maryland politics, public opinion polling, survey research methodsTeaching interests
American state politics, Maryland politics, public opinion polling, survey research methodsEducation
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Ph D, American politics
— Louisiana State University (2008) Legislative participation in the American states: determinants and consequences
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MA, American politics
— Louisiana State University (2005) Determinants of abstention in the United States House of Representatives: an analysis of the 102nd through the 107th sessions
- BA, Economics — Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2003)
Press topics
Public opinion polling, American electoral politics, Maryland state politics, women in politics