• The Connors Institute’s Democracy Lab promotes interdisciplinary research into issues around societal well-being, democracy promotion, and information literacy.

    The mission of our Lab is to uncover the truth, not to support a particular worldview. We are committed to being consistently and aggressively nonpartisan. Truth above all, however inconvenient the facts we uncover.

    Our sole purpose is to provide people with useful information in order for them to make informed decisions.

    Shippensburg University students can apply for our semester-long research fellowship positions at the Lab.

    Democracy Lab Supervisor:

    Thomas Hatvany

    Current Democracy Lab Research Fellows:

    Katie Bonomo

    Jillian Carley

    Moses Kimotho

    Madison Laughman

    Annie Linker

    Joshua Strayer

    Tedra Ulrich

    Past Democracy Lab Research Fellows:

    Kayla Dalhouse

    Allyson Ritchey

    Democracy Lab Scholars:

    Niel Brasher, senior analyst

    Erik Nelson, senior analyst

    Bradley Bullock, visiting scholar