Corinne Rushing (she/her/hers) is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where she studied political science and political economy. She is interested in researching political outcomes in rural areas, specifically in how the convergence of national and local factors impacts rural political beliefs and behaviors. During her time at Berkeley, she wrote her honors thesis on the State of Jefferson secessionist movement, worked with the campus to reform sexual violence/harassment policies, and served on Berkeley Law’s Journal of Gender, Law and Justice as the first undergraduate student to be elected to the editorial board of a Berkeley Law Journal.
Corinne was born and raised in rural Southern Oregon before moving to rural Northern California. This upbringing exposed her to the rich world of rural political behavior and informed her decision to study the State of Jefferson secessionist movement (spanning Southern Oregon and Northern California) during her time at Berkeley.
Corinne is now a graduate student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she will continue her research with UM’s Department of Sociology.
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